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Benzodiazepines, ‘z-drugs’ increase death risk when taken with opioids

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER A new study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers of more the 400,000 Medicare patients taking medications for insomnia found that the risk of death is increased when either benzodiazepines or “z-drugs” are taken with opioids.  The study, published July 15 in PLOS Medicine and led by Wayne Ray, Ph.D., professor...