Community survey of long term daytime use of benzodiazepines

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Abstract
Subjects were recruited from a general practice serving 13 000 patients. The catchment was mixed, including prosperous suburbs and council estates. Using the practice's computerised records for repeat prescriptions we identified all patients taking benzodiazepines during the day and included those in the survey who had been prescribed the drugs for more than one year. Patients were interviewed at home. Psychiatric history and detailed histories of benzodiazepine use were taken. Patients completed the benzodiazepine withdrawal symptom questionnaire.2 Data were analysed using X2 and two sample t tests.

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