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- Published February 2018
Our other prescription drug problem.
Lembke A, Papac J, Humphreys K. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:693-695.
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Unintended consequences can emerge when targeted strategies divert attention from concurrent safety concerns. This editorial recommends that lessons learned during efforts to improve opioid prescribing should be employed to reduce the potential for overprescription and misuse of benzodiazepines.
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