“These data do not indicate which intervention may have come first– a stimulant added to compensate for excess sedation from the benzodiazepine or the alprazolam added to calm excessive CNS stimulation and/or insomnia from the stimulants or other drugs,” the authors wrote.
Regardless, the research revealed that there is a significant gap in both knowledge and oversight when it comes to the prescribing of drug combinations.
“Little scientific evidence is available to assess the risks and benefits of combination therapy with multiple psychiatric drugs. In addition, many combination therapy drugs had their own elevated risks of psychological or physical dependence or non-medical use,” the authors concluded.
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