Gabapentin Will Not Cure the Opioid Crisis

In JAMA Internal Medicine, Peet and colleagues report remarkable trends in opioid and gabapentin prescribing patterns. Between 2006 and 2018, the total volume of opiate prescriptions initially rose, but began to plateau approximately 10 years ago before falling at the end of the observational period. In parallel, the number of gabapentin prescriptions increased 5-fold. Though the total volume of opioid prescriptions was stable before eventually falling, the number of episodes of overlapping gabapentin and opioid prescriptions more than tripled.

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Febbraio 2023