Erratum: Vol. 71, No. 19 : Trends in Gabapentin Detection and Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths ... - No Author(s) Listed.
In the report, "Notes from the Field: Trends in Gabapentin Detection and Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths -- 23 States and the District of Columbia, 2019-2020," on page 664, in the fifth paragraph, the first sentence should have read, "The percentage of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Gabapentin in drugged driving investigations - Bierly JJ, Chan-Hosokawa A.
The increasing use and misuse of gabapentin pose a major risk to public health and traffic safety. Gabapentin has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1993 for adjunctive therapy in the treatment of epilepsy and neuralgia but is in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Zydus gets USFDA nod for generic medication
Zydus Lifesciences announced that it has obtained approval from the USFDA to sell a generic medication for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia. The company has received the final nod from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to produce and distribute Gabapentin tablets in strengths of 300 mg and 600 mg, as stated in a regulatory filing by Zydus Lifesciences. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Off-Label Gabapentin Use Up Despite'Dearth of Evidence'Off-Label Gabapentin Use Up Despite'Dearth of Evidence '
The drug may be prescribed with sedating medications even after a 2019 warning from the FDA about such combinations.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
Gabapentinoid Use Continues to Climb
(MedPage Today) -- Gabapentinoid users increased from 4.0% in 2015 to 4.7% in 2021, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data showed.
Moreover, gabapentinoids -- which includes gabapentin and pregabalin -- continued to be used for chronic... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - January 22, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Gabapentin as Post-Op Painkiller Gets a Cold Shower
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Gabapentin failed to outperform placebo as an analgesic for pain after major surgery, according to a study presented here.
No clinically significant benefit was seen for the active drug in terms of length... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 15, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Gabapentin No Help for Lingering COVID-Induced Olfactory Dysfunction
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with oral gabapentin did not improve olfactory dysfunction that remained 3 months after a COVID-19 infection, the randomized GRACE trial showed.
Of 44 patients who completed the 8-week fixed-dose phase, 44% of those... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Atrial Fibrillation Induced By Gabapentin Atrial Fibrillation Induced By Gabapentin
This case highlights the potential of gabapentin to induce atrial fibrillation, even in previously healthy young adult patients.Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Odds of Gabapentin Rx Down for Adults With LBP Receiving Spinal Manipulation
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 -- Adults receiving chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) for newly diagnosed radicular low back pain (rLBP) have significantly reduced odds of receiving a gabapentin prescription during one-year follow-up, according... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Former Owner of Watauga Recovery Clinics Sentenced to Prison
FDA OCI, Dr. Ralph Thomas Reach, Bristol, Virginia, Watauga Recovery Centers, sentence, federal prison, former, owner, chain, buprenorphine, clinics, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, dispense, Rx, prescription drugs Subutex, Suboxone, clonazepam, gabapentin, misbranded, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - June 8, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Granules India receives USFDA approval for generic gabapentin tablets
These tablets are bioequivalent to the reference listed drug product, Neurontin Tablets, 600 mg and 800 mg, of Viatris Specialty LLC. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - March 29, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The FDA and the Courts Fail to Truly Discipline the Pharmaceutical Industry for Exploiting the Mentally Ill | Antony Sammeroff
Can you imagine giving people who are already suffering from mental illness a drug that you know will make them worse? Sounds like something out of a sadistic horror movie. Long-term mental illness sufferers experience such torturous states of mind that they might try just about anything to escape…#paxilseroxat #johnabramson #pfizer #neurontin #gabapentin #hmo #sickening2022 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gabapentin and Opioids; Alzheimer's Drug Decision Nears; Neurology Education in 2035
(MedPage Today) -- Gabapentin will not cure the opioid crisis, JAMA Internal Medicine editors argued in response to recent research about overlapping gabapentin and opioid prescriptions.
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), a... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - January 3, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Avoiding Opioids, Many Patients in Pain Get Gabapentin Instead. Does It Work?
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 -- As doctors have tried to steer their chronic pain patients away from highly addictive opioids, many have turned to two antiseizure drugs, but a new review finds they are only " modestly effective " at treating... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Reduction of Postop Pain and Anxiety Following Laminectomy Reduction of Postop Pain and Anxiety Following Laminectomy
This study compared the effects of melatonin, dexmedetomidine, and gabapentin on postoperative pain and anxiety following laminectomy.BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
