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Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Increased Pneumonia Risk

by Colleen Fleiss on Jan 13 2019 11:21 PM

The odds for developing pneumonia were 1.25-fold higher in benzodiazepine related drugs users compared with individuals who had not taken benzodiazepine related drugs.

Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Increased Pneumonia Risk

Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine related drugs (BZRDs) drugs used to treat various psychiatric diseases may increase pneumonia risk, found new review.

The International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry analysis included 12 reports related //to 10 studies involving more than 120,000 pneumonia cases.

Pneumonia - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, Complications

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There was an increased risk of pneumonia among current and recent benzodiazepine related drugs users, but not past users.

After pooling the estimates, the odds for developing pneumonia were 1.25-fold higher in BZRD users compared with individuals who had not taken BZRDs.

Source-Eurekalert

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