Between prescription and deprescription: a qualitative study on the trajectory and challenges in the use of benzodiazepines among older adults
Mariana Linhares Pereira
IntroductionIn Brazil, benzodiazepines rank among the twenty most prescribed medications in primary healthcare. Beyond the lack of robust evidence supporting chronic use, there has been a growing utilization of this drug class for managing conditions that were previously not formally diagnosable or treatable, such as secondary insomnia and bereavement experiences.ObjectiveIn the context of benzodiazepine deprescription, the aim was to understand the trajectory of benzodiazepine use among older a