Prolonged use of newly prescribed gabapentin after surgery.

Tasce BongiovanniSiqi GanEmily FinlaysonJoseph RossJames D HarrisonJohn BoscardinMichael Alan Steinman

Published 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.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
neuropathic pain
electronic health record
emergency department
physical activity
drug induced
spinal cord injury
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy