TABLE 2.

Number of Prescriptions per Benzodiazepine Type, Rhode Island Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, 2018

Medication	Total prescriptions, n (%)	Number (%) of patients (according to the most recent dispensing in 2018)
Clonazepam	175,224 (31.4)	37,048 (25.9)
Alprazolam	157,053 (28.2)	41,091 (28.7)
Lorazepam	146,892 (26.4)	42,260 (29.6)
Diazepam	51,607 (9.3)	16,575 (11.6)
Temazepam	18,111 (3.2)	3,657 (2.6)
Triazolam	3,010 (0.5)	1,139 (0.8)
Clorazepate	2,073 (0.4)	485 (0.3)
Chlordiazepoxide	1,493 (0.3)	400 (0.3)
Oxazepam	812 (0.1)	182 (0.1)
Clobazam	556 (0.1)	92 (0.1)
Flurazepam	363 (0.1)	79 (0.1)
Estazolam	77 (< 0.1)	19 (< 0.1)