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Do long-term psychoactive medications and polypharmacy increase the risk of suicide and unintended overdose death in midlife and older women Veterans?
Do long-term psychoactive medications and polypharmacy increase the risk of suicide and unintended overdose death in midlife and older women Veterans?
Long-term use and polypharmacy of psychoactive medications are significant risk factors for suicide and unintended overdose deaths in midlife and older women Veterans.
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Supports monitoring women Veterans on long-term psychoactive polypharmacy; hypothesis-generating for whether deprescribing reduces suicide or overdose deaths.
Long-term psychoactive medications and psychoactive medication polypharmacy were important indicators of risk for death by suicide and death by unintended overdose among midlife and older women Veterans, even after accounting for psychiatric and substance use disorders.
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Gibson et al. (2022) studied this question.
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