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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by whimsicalism on Saturday May 14, 2022 @05:40PM (#31382835)
they're saying they wouldn't be so easily prescribed in the US
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by RGamma on Sunday May 15, 2022 @06:50AM (#31386714)
Actually the opposite. Pharma making people addicted: Opioid epidemic and all.
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by whimsicalism on Sunday May 15, 2022 @08:54AM (#31387270)
it has gone very much the other way in recent years, it is not easy to be prescribed opioids in the US nowadays.
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by RGamma on Sunday May 15, 2022 @11:12AM (#31388031)
Oh I wasn't updated on that development. Good to hear!
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by SemanticStrengh on Sunday May 15, 2022 @12:05PM (#31388426)
source/numbers of the number of prescriptions per year? https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by whimsicalism on Sunday May 15, 2022 @08:20PM (#31392527)
https://www.iqvia.com/-/media/iqvia/pdfs/institute-reports/p...

from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/p...

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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by SemanticStrengh on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:27AM (#31397805)
thanks, remarkably linear def doesn't look like a stock market
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by SemanticStrengh on Saturday May 14, 2022 @05:42PM (#31382860)
is that a joke? I'd be very surprised if doctors were'nt abusing benzo prescriptions for GAD
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