Trends in the use and nonmedical use of sedatives-hypnotics in the population aged 12 to 64 years in Taiwan: a comparative analysis of the national surveys in 2014 and 2018.

Our finding of a decreasing trend of the past-year use of sedatives-hypnotics in young adult males was similar to those found in young adult males in European countries, e.g., people aged 18–25 years old in Finland from 2006 to 2014 [ 49 ], those aged 20–25 years old in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark from 2012 to 2018 [ 50 ], and those aged 20 to 29 years old in Norway from 2004 to 2019 [ 51 ].

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With an increasing trend of sedative-hypnotic prescriptions in populations such as adults in the U.S. from 1996 to 2013 [ 7 ], adults in Canada from 2001 to 2016 [ 8 ], and children, adolescents, and young adults in Sweden from 2006 to 2013 [ 9 ], concerns are increasing regarding their associated adverse health effects, including dependence and abuse problems, fatal overdose, traffic accidents due to decreased motor coordination [ 10 , 11 ], falls and hip fractures among the elderly [ 12 ], and nonmedical use (NMU) [ 13 ].

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