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Authors:

Faccini, Marco; Leone, Roberto; Pajusco, Benedetta; Quaglio, Gl; Casari, Rebecca; Albiero, Anna; Donati, Monia; Lugoboni, Fabio

Title:

Lormetazepam addiction. Data analysis from an Italian Medical Unit for addiction

Year:

2012

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY

ISSN of journal:

1179-1594

N° Volume:

5

Page numbers:

43-48

Keyword:

lormetazepam; benzodiazepines; addiction; inpatient detoxification

Short description of contents:

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine, in the context of a hospital addiction unit, which benzodiazepines were abused and to look for correlations with the characteristics of detoxified patients. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out using the database of hospital admissions to the addiction unit for detoxification from 2003 to 2010. Results: Of 879 admissions to the addiction unit during the seven-year period, 281 were for benzodiazepines. The percentage of patients addicted only to benzodiazepines was higher among females than males. Benzodiazepine consumption had started as a drug addiction behavior in only 10% of cases. The main sources of prescription identified were general practitioners (52% of cases) or compliant pharmacists (25%). Overall, 15 different benzodiazepines were abused, with lormetazepam being the most commonly used (by 123 patients, 43.8% of the total). Conclusion: Our data show that, outside the population of multidrug addicts, there is an underestimated group of chronic benzodiazepine consumers who are often not referred to medical institutions for treatment. Even in the group of patients addicted to one substance only, we observed an abnormal number of requests for detoxification from lormetazepam, which appears to be more “popular” than other benzodiazepines. This drug should be prescribed according to stricter criteria and submitted to closer control.

Product ID:

76324

Handle IRIS:

11562/427139

Deposited On:

June 25, 2012

Last Modified:

November 14, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Faccini, Marco; Leone, Roberto; Pajusco, Benedetta; Quaglio, Gl; Casari, Rebecca; Albiero, Anna; Donati, Monia; Lugoboni, Fabio, Lormetazepam addiction. Data analysis from an Italian Medical Unit for addiction «RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY» , vol. 5 , 2012 , pp. 43-48

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