Association between benzodiazepine use and exacerbations and mortality in patients with asthma: a matched case-control and survival analysis using the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Purpose: To investigate the association between the GABAergic drugs, benzodiazepines or zopiclone, and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations and subsequent mortality in a cohort of asthma patients. Methods: 105,747 patients without asthma exacerbation and 25,895 patients with exacerbated asthma w...

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Main Authors: Nakafero, Georgina, Sanders, Robert D., Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S., Myles, Puja R.
Format: Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32200/