Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study

BACKGROUND: Prescription opioid use is highly associated with risk of opioid-related death, with 1 of every 550 chronic opioid users dying within approximately 2.5 years of their first opioid prescription. Although gabapentin is widely perceived as safe, drug-induced respiratory depression has been...

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Published in:PLoS Med
Main Authors: Gomes, Tara, Juurlink, David N., Antoniou, Tony, Mamdani, Muhammad M., Paterson, J. Michael, van den Brink, Wim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5626029/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28972983
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002396
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