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SUBMITTER: Check DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Check Devon K DK Winn Aaron N AN Fergestrom Nicole N Reeder-Hayes Katherine E KE Neuner Joan M JM Roberts Andrew W AW
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20200701 7
Guidelines recommend using caution in co-prescribing opioids with benzodiazepines, yet, in practice, the extent of concurrent prescribing is poorly understood. Notably, no population-based studies, to our knowledge, have investigated concurrent prescribing among patients with cancer. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database linked with Medicare claims (2012-2016) for women diagnosed with breast cancer. We used modif ...[more]