FDA urged to add ‘black-box’ warning labels about deadly risk of mixing opioids with benzodiazepines

A few weeks ago we reported about new research showing that combining opioids with benzodiazepines carries a 4-times-higher risk of fatal overdose.

Now we read in the Washington Post that “dozens of public health officials and academics across the country are pushing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to warn people about the potential dangers of taking powerful prescription painkillers alongside common anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines.”

The paper says 41 officials from various state and municipal health departments and universities have submitted a petition to the FDA. They are urging the agency to add “black box warnings” to the labels of all opioids and benzos.

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