Gabapentin Misuse and Diversion
The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Volume 8, Number 3&4, May 2020
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/catrv8n3-4/
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
Topics: Deprescribing | gabapentin | Opioid epidemic | Opioid Use Disorder | Opioids | Pain
Rachel Vickers-Smith, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor at University of Louisville, KY.
Dr. Vickers-Smith has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Clinicians are increasingly turning to gabapentinoids as non-opioid alternatives for pain treatment. Yet we may be inadvertently introducing new risks in so doing. Dr. Vickers-Smith reviews current epidemiology of gabapentinoid use and offers some clues regarding how to turn the tide on gabapentin misuse.
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