BackgroundNumerous treatment guidelines recommend that long-term use of
benzodiazepines (BZD) should be avoided primarily due to development of tolerance and a …

Background Different prevalences of benzodiazepine (BZ) use are described in the
literature. The present study assessed the effects of employing various definitions of BZ use …

Importance The proportion of patients who develop long-term benzodiazepine use remains
controversial, as do the length of time before long-term use develops and the factors …

Objective To investigate the prevalence of current use of benzodiazepines (BZDs) and
related drugs in the French general population and factors associated with this use. Methods …

Recommendations for benzodiazepine (BZD) use suggest durations of no more than a few
weeks, but studies report use for months, years, or even decades. This article examines the …

Purpose. The use of benzodiazepines remains a source of controversy. Some prescribers
believe that they are beneficial and espouse their use; others regard their risk: benefit ratio …

Using data from a research registry of prescriptions, we studied benzodiazepine use in a
Swedish community with a general population of 20,000. A sample of benzodiazepine users …

Background In the past decades knowledge on adequate treatment of affective disorders
and awareness of the negative consequences of long-term benzodiazepine use increased …

Purpose Long‐term benzodiazepine (BZD) treatment continues to be a debated topic.
Because individual BZDs have different clinical profiles, we assessed the nationwide trends …

BackgroundThe prevalence of benzodiazepine consumption in European countries remains
at 2–3% of the general population despite the well-documented disadvantages of long-term …