Prolonged use of newly prescribed gabapentin after surgery.
Tasce BongiovanniSiqi GanEmily FinlaysonJoseph RossJames D HarrisonJohn BoscardinMichael Alan SteinmanPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
More than one-fifth of older adults prescribed gabapentin postoperatively filled a prescription >90 days after discharge, especially among patients with more comorbidities and concurrent prolonged opioid use, increasing the risk of adverse drug events and polypharmacy.