Association between Prescribing and Intoxication Rates for Selected Psychotropic Drugs: A Longitudinal Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Psychotropic prescription drugs are commonly involved in intoxication events. The study's aim was to determine a comparative risk for intoxication in relation to prescribing rates for individual drugs. This was a nationwide observational study in Slovenian adults between 2015 and 2021. Intoxication events with psychotropic drugs were collected from the National Register of intoxications. Dispensing data, expressed in defined daily doses, were provided by the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia. Intoxication/prescribing ratio values were calculated. The correlation between trends in prescribing and intoxication rates was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. In total, 2640 intoxication cases with psychotropic prescription drugs were registered. Anxiolytics and antipsychotic

SUBMITTER: Dobravc Verbic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10818633 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature