Deprescribing long-term use of benzodiazepines in primary care practice: where to next?

Alexander Sweetman^{1

2}, Nicole Lovato^{1

2}, Ching Li Chai-Coetzer^{1

2

3}, Bandana Saini^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health: A Centre of Research Excellence, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
² National Centre for Sleep Health Services Research: A NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
³ Respiratory and Sleep Service, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, SA Health, Adelaide, Australia.
⁴ School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ CIRUS, Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Editorial

Alexander Sweetman et al. Sleep. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 12;46(4):zsad015.

doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsad015.

Alexander Sweetman^{1

2}, Nicole Lovato^{1

2}, Ching Li Chai-Coetzer^{1

2

3}, Bandana Saini^{2

4

5}

¹ The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health: A Centre of Research Excellence, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
² National Centre for Sleep Health Services Research: A NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
³ Respiratory and Sleep Service, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, SA Health, Adelaide, Australia.
⁴ School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ CIRUS, Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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Blended care to discontinue benzodiazepine receptor agonists use in patients with chronic insomnia disorder: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care.
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