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Study finds no association between benzodiazepine use, dementia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30136
Subject(s) - dementia , benzodiazepine , association (psychology) , medicine , cognitive decline , cognition , psychiatry , population , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , psychotherapist , disease , receptor
A population‐based study of benzodiazepine users ages 65 and older has found no evidence for a causal link between use of the drug and risk for dementia. Contrary to the researchers' expectations, the highest levels of benzodiazepine exposure in the study were associated with a lesser prevalence of rapid cognitive decline. Results were published online Feb. 2 in BMJ .
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