Assessment of Patterns of Potentially Unsafe Use of Zolpidem.

JAMA Intern Med

Risk Sciences International, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Published: September 2018

This study evaluates data from the US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to determine the extent of unsafe use of zolpidem.

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