Mortality with concurrent treatment with gabapentin and opioids among people with spine diagnoses in the U.S. Medicare population: a propensity-matched cohort study
Laura S. Gold, Patrick J. Heagerty, Ryan N. Hansen, Janna L. Friedly, Sandra K. Johnston, Richard A. Deyo, Michele Curatolo, Judith A. Turner, Sean D. Rundell, Katherine Wysham, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Pradeep Suri
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Abstract
Importance Given the negative impact of opioid use on population health, prescriptions for alternative pain-relieving medications, including gabapentin, have increased. Concurrent gabapentin and opioid prescriptions are commonly reported in retrospective studies of opioid-related overdose deaths.