Benzodiazepine, Z-drug, and sleep medication prescriptions in male and female people with opioid use disorder on buprenorphine and comorbid insomnia: an analysis of multistate insurance claims.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

In adult populations, women are more likely than men to be prescribed benzodiazepines. However, such disparities have not been investigated in people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and insomnia receiving buprenorphine, a population with particularly high sedative/hypnotic receipt. This retrospective cohort study used administrative claims data from Merative MarketScan Commercial and MultiState Medicaid Databases (2006-2016) to investigate sex differences in the receipt of insomnia medication prescriptions among patients in OUD treatment with buprenorphine.

Methods

We included people aged 12-64 years with diagnoses of insomnia and OUD-initiating buprenorphine during the study timeframe. The predictor variable was sex (female versus male). The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Martin CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10262036 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature