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News items on 'Benzodiazepines'
Three patients died 'after being given too high a dose of sedative'
(Telegraph 09/12/2008)
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) said that almost 500 patients in total have received the wrong dose of the drug, called midazolam, over the past 4 years. Midazolam is used to sedate patients before minor procedures, including setting broken wrists and dentistry. The medication hit the headlines in 2000 when a male nurse was convicted of killing a colleague after drugging her.
Black market drugs 'health risk'
(BBC 13/08/2008)
People are risking their health by buying prescription tranquilisers on the black market, a Belfast GP warns.
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