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Table 2 Proportion of users with excessive use and the fraction of total consumption accounted for by excessive users by category of excessive use; > 365 DDD/year, > 730 DDD/year, > 1095 DDD/year, and by psychoactive drug category

From: The total sale of prescription drugs with an abuse potential predicts the number of excessive users: a national prescription database study

 

> 365 DDD

> 730 DDD

> 1095 DDD

 

Proportion of users (%)

Proportion of consumption (%)

Proportion of users (%)

Proportion of consumption (%)

Proportion of users (%)

Proportion of consumption (%)

Carisoprodol

1.9

26.4

0.4

9.8

0.1

5.4

Codeine

2.5

29.9

0.5

10.2

0.1

4.5

Diazepam

7.6

43.3

1.6

15.4

0.5

7.2

Oxazepam

4.2

31.3

0.8

10.6

0.2

4.5

Nitrazepam

19.9

53.9

3.3

16.7

1.1

8.1

Flunitrazepam

24.9

62.0

6.1

27.9

2.2

14.9

Zopiclone

12.6

42.0

1.4

9.7

0.4

4.3

Zolpidem

8.5

41.3

1.3

12.6

0.4

6.5

Anxiolytics (including alprazolam)

7.4

47.4

2.1

23.9

0.9

15.8

Hypnotics (including clomethiazole)

15.1

47.6

2.1

13.2

0.7

6.5

All studied drugs

11.6

58.7

3.4

30.8

1.6

19.6