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Benzodiazepines are typically used to treat anxiety, and it is best to leave their prescribing to psychiatrists. They are rarely indicated to treat pain.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 850 Boylston Street, Suite 320, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    David J. Kim MD, MS

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Pain Management Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD

  3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD

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Correspondence to David J. Kim MD, MS .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Kim, D.J., Nedeljkovic, S.S. (2017). Benzodiazepines. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_46

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