| アブストラクト | PURPOSE: To investigate the association between the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic drugs, benzodiazepines or zopiclone and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations and subsequent mortality in a cohort of asthma patients. METHODS: The number of patients that were included were 105,747 for those without asthma exacerbation and 25,895 for those with exacerbated asthma. A nested case-control study probed the association between benzodiazepines or zopiclone and occurrence of asthma exacerbation (primary outcome) using conditional logistic regression. Cox regression was used to determine the association between the drugs and all-cause mortality in patients with recorded asthma exacerbation. Adjusted matched odds ratios (adj mOR) and adjusted hazard ratios (adj HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) are presented. RESULTS: Current benzodiazepine use was associated with increased occurrence of asthma exacerbation (adj mOR 1.49; 95%CI [1.15, 1.93]; P = 0.001) as was current zopiclone use (adj mOR 1.59; 95%CI [1.37, 1.85]; P < 0.001). In patients with an asthma exacerbation, current benzodiazepine use was associated with increased all-cause mortality during a median follow-up of 2 years (adj HR 2.78; 95%CI [1.26, 6.12]; P = 0.011), and the association between zopiclone use and all-cause mortality showed borderline statistical significance (adj HR 1.58; 95%CI [0.98, 2.54]; P = 0.058). CONCLUSION: Benzodiazepines and zopiclone may increase the likelihood of asthma exacerbation, and benzodiazepines may also increase the likelihood of mortality following exacerbation. These data suggest that caution should be exercised when prescribing benzodiazepines to patients with asthma. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety |
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| Pubmed追加日 | 2015/5/28 |
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| 投稿者 | Nakafero, Georgina; Sanders, Robert D; Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S; Myles, Puja R |
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| 組織名 | Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham,;UK.;Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26013409/ |
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