Continuing Versus New Prescriptions for Sedative-Hypnotic Medications

United States, 2005–2012

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ID11038652
AutoresChristopher N Kaufmann (0000-0002-2946-7857, Christopher N. Kaufmann and Colin A. Depp are with the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA. Adam P. Spira and Ramin Mojtabai are with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), Adam P Spira (0000-0003-1507-0995, Christopher N. Kaufmann and Colin A. Depp are with the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA. Adam P. Spira and Ramin Mojtabai are with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), Colin A Depp (0000-0002-1841-6229, Christopher N. Kaufmann and Colin A. Depp are with the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA. Adam P. Spira and Ramin Mojtabai are with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), Ramin Mojtabai (0000-0002-2134-4043, Christopher N. Kaufmann and Colin A. Depp are with the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA. Adam P. Spira and Ramin Mojtabai are with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.)
Año2016
Volumen106
Número11
Páginas2019-2025
Fecha de publicación2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2016.303382
PMID27631754
OpenAlexW2519641943
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas26

Objectives. To assess trends in continuing and new prescriptions for sedative-hypnotic medications, including benzodiazepines (BZDs) and non-BZD receptor agonists (nBZRAs). Methods. Data came from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and comprised 287 288 randomly sampled patient visits. Physicians reported medications prescribed and whether they were “continuing” or “new” prescriptions. We assessed trends in continuing BZD, new BZD, continuing nBZRA, and new nBZRA prescriptions from 2005 to 2012. Results. Proportions of visits with continuing prescriptions increased from 3.4% in 2005 to 4.7% in 2012 (P Conclusions. Increased sedative-hypnotic prescribing in recent years may be attributable to long-term growth in continuing prescriptions, rather than new prescriptions. Public Health Implications. Findings call for renewed efforts to limit continuing prescribing of sedative-hypnotics to reduce their use in the population

Ambulatory · Environmental health · Family medicine · Hypnotic · Medical prescription · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Sedative · Sedative/hypnotic · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes · Pharmacology · Pharmacy · Sleep and related disorders