Benzodiazepine scripts have gone up over 30 percent since COVID hit--30 percent.
Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Benzodiazepine scripts have gone up over 30 percent since COVID hit--30 percent.”
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Kennedy highlights the rise in benzodiazepine prescriptions during the pandemic.
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