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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Oct 7;19(12):1248–1255. doi: 10.1002/pds.2031

Table 4.

Association between hip fracture risk and BDZ-drug interactionsa

Risk factor Hip
fracture
patients
(N=17,057)
Controls
(N=85,553)
Crude Adjusted for
age, gender,
and race
Fully
adjustedb

N % N % RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI)
alprazolam drug interactions
  alprazolam without interacting drug 181 1.1 1,210 1.4 0.91 (0.78, 1.07) 0.92 (0.78, 1.08) 0.90 (0.77, 1.07)
  interacting drug without alprazolamc,d 8,361 49.0 34,116 39.9 1.45 (1.40, 1.50) 1.47 (1.41, 1.52) 1.40 (1.35, 1.46)
  alprazolam and interacting drug 467 2.7 1,883 2.2 1.52 (1.37, 1.68) 1.60 (1.44, 1.79) 1.51 (1.34, 1.69)
lorazepam drug interactions
  lorazepam without interacting drug 431 2.5 1,984 2.3 1.34 (1.20, 1.49) 1.30 (1.16, 1.45) 1.32 (1.18, 1.48)
  interacting drug without lorazepamd,e 5,892 34.5 19,586 22.9 1.86 (1.79, 1.93) 1.86 (1.79, 1.93) 1.57 (1.50, 1.64)
  lorazepam and interacting drug 573 3.4 1,504 1.8 2.36 (2.14, 2.61) 2.37 (2.14, 2.63) 1.94 (1.74, 2.17)
zolpidem drug interactions
  zolpidem without interacting drug 150 0.9 644 0.8 1.43 (1.20, 1.71) 1.28 (1.06, 1.54) 1.26 (1.04, 1.53)
  interacting drug without zolpidemd,f 7,576 44.4 28,919 33.8 1.57 (1.52, 1.63) 1.58 (1.52, 1.64) 1.44 (1.38, 1.50)
  zolpidem and interacting drug 217 1.3 654 0.8 2.04 (1.75, 2.38) 2.04 (1.73, 2.40) 1.71 (1.44, 2.03)

Abbreviations: RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval.

a

patients with a combination of alprazolam, zolpidem, lorazepam, and other BDZ were excluded in the interaction model

b

adjusted for age, gender, race, income, health care utilization, co-morbidity, co-medication; missings: hip fracture patients: N= 30; controls: N= 3

c

Aprepitant, amiodarone, cimetidine, clarithromycin, cyclosporine, dextropropoxyphen, diltiazem, ergotamine, erythromycin, esomeprazole, fluconazole, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, indinavir, isoniazid, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, nelfinavir, nicardipine, nifedipine, omeprazole, paroxetine, propoxyphene, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin, troleandomycin, and verapamil.

d

Opioids, H1-antihistamines, barbiturates, anticonvulsants, non-benzodiazepine non-barbiturate hypnotics, antidepressants, neuroleptics, and muscle relaxants.

e

Valproate and probenecid.

f

Aprepitant, cimetidine, clarithromycin, diltiazem, erythromycin, fluconazole, indinavir, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nelfinavir, nefazodone, telithromycin, ritonavir, saquinavir, and verapamil.