What Every Clinician Should Know About the Risks of Benzodiazepines
May 01, 2025•10 min
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Episode description
In this episode, we explore the dangerous risks of benzodiazepine use, focusing on the potentially lethal combination with opioids, cognitive impairment, increased accident risk, and fall hazards. Did you know that benzodiazepines combined with opioids increase overdose risk fivefold in the first 90 days?
Faculty: Alexis Ritvo, M.D.
Host: Richard Seeber, M.D.
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