Rutgers: Investigating the Impact of Prescribed Opioids, Benzodiazepines on Veterans
March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Chancellor Brian Strom leads investigation of the medications' co-prescription and veteran overdoses and deaths
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Are veterans who simultaneously take opioids for chronic pain and benzodiazepines for anxiety and insomnia at an increased risk of unintentional overdose and death as well as suicide?
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Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Chancellor Brian Strom leads investigation of the medications' co-prescription and veteran overdoses and deaths
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Are veterans who simultaneously take opioids for chronic pain and benzodiazepines for anxiety and insomnia at an increased risk of unintentional overdose and death as well as suicide?