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“Cordant Study Finds Patients Continue to Use Alcohol and Prescription Drugs Concurrently, Despite Label Warnings“

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cordant-study-finds-patients-continue-140000360.html

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Thanks for sharing, seltzerer! 

 

I don't think I'll ever understand why some still think a few drinks on benzos is just fine.

 

One of the most dangerous combinations with alcohol is benzodiazepines, which were prescribed for about five percent of the U.S. population in 2013, predominantly to treat anxiety-related disorders," said Richard Stripp, Ph.D., chief scientific and technical officer of Cordant. "Because they employ similar mechanisms in the brain, consuming alcohol and benzodiazepines can have additive consequences, in which the negative effects of one substance are enhanced by the other. This can result in a synergistic depression of the central nervous system that often leads to addiction and a greater risk of overdose and other health-related concerns

 

xo,

sierra 

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Hi sierra,  You're welcome.  Definitely a bad idea!  And the co-prescribing of benzos and opioids is just scary.  They may have mentioned elsewhere as part of the study but I think these numbers may be skewed a little because they come from those who were screened for some reason or another.  I would think they might differ from those who weren't screened in terms of their likelihood of combining alcohol with prescribed meds.  Best.