TY - JOUR T1 - Long-term benzodiazepine and Z-drugs: are we committing the denominator fallacy? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 448 LP - 448 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X692777 VL - 67 IS - 663 AU - Patrick J McNally Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/663/448.2.abstract N2 - In a US population of patients co-prescribed benzodiazepines with antidepressants, only 12% went on to long-term use.1 Yet, in this UK study, ‘35% of all users of BZD are taking these drugs long term’.2 How can we reconcile these two findings? One possibility is that UK prescribing is more liberal than in the US. Another is that the UK study looked at BZDs (benzodiazepines and Z drugs), whereas … ER -