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Benzodiazepines: Patterns and Trends in Scotland

Benzodiazepines: Patterns and Trends in Scotland. Lynne Jarvis, Substance Misuse Team, ISD Scotland. Clients entering treatment. All illicit use: 3,558 diazepam 209 temazepam 221 other benzodiazepines Main illicit drug: 639 diazepam 12 temazepam 23 other benzodiazepines

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Benzodiazepines: Patterns and Trends in Scotland

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  1. Benzodiazepines: Patterns and Trends in Scotland Lynne Jarvis, Substance Misuse Team, ISD Scotland

  2. Clients entering treatment • All illicit use: • 3,558 diazepam • 209 temazepam • 221 other benzodiazepines • Main illicit drug: • 639 diazepam • 12 temazepam • 23 other benzodiazepines ISD: Scottish Drug Misuse Database

  3. Prescriptions • 1,621,378 prescriptions last year • 811,519 diazepam • 376,200 temazepam ISD Prescribing Statistics

  4. Drug related deaths • 90 deaths in 2005 involving diazepam • 7 deaths in 2005 involving temazepam GRO Scotland GRO Scotland; drug related deaths 2005

  5. Drug related deaths GRO Scotland

  6. Sources of benzodiazepines • Benzodiazepines increasing in lab submissions • Diazepam - 95% of all pharmaceutical tablets submitted in 2005 • 1.1 million tablets • 96% not UK licensed products Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, 2005

  7. Seizures Scottish Executive Drug Seizures; 2005/06

  8. Scottish Executive Drug Seizures; 2005/06

  9. ISD Drug misuse website: www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org Email: Lynne.Jarvis@nhs.net

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