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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 May 28;43(7):1510–1518. doi: 10.1111/acer.14081

Box 1:

Drug classification inclusion and exclusion criteria

Sedative-Hypnotics
 Include: “benzodiazepine” “barbiturate” “sedative” “anxiolytic”
 Exclude: “narcotic” “nutraceutical” “antihistamine” “respiratory agent” “buspirone” “doxepin” “Acetaminophen; dichloralphenazone; isometheptene”
  Anxiolytics
   Include “benzodiazepine” “barbiturate” “anxiolytics”
  Sleep Medications
   All others
Opioids
 Include “narcotic”
 Exclude: none.