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Pharmacological class interventions for benzodiazepine withdrawal discontinuation: a meta-analysis

2020-07-10

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<h4>Background</h4> Long-term benzodiazepine (BZD) use may lead to dependence, addiction, and neuropsychiatric disturbances. BZD discontinuation can cause severe withdrawal symptoms and resurgence of premorbid conditions. There are guidelines on how to stop BZD if it is necessary. Pharmacological management is an option among several other recommendations, but its benefit remains unclear. This study investigates w...

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Literature Corpus work: f3a54928-9ac3-5f35-afc6-a630a695b731
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.07.20148403

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