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Editorial
. 2017 Mar 14:356:j1224.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1224.

The growing problem of co-treatment with opioids and benzodiazepines

Pinar Karaca-Mandic  1 , Ellen Meara  2 , Nancy E Morden  2
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Editorial

The growing problem of co-treatment with opioids and benzodiazepines

Pinar Karaca-Mandic et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

A powerful example of potentially dangerous low value care

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Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: none.

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