{"title":"Gabapentinoid pharmacovigilance in Africa","authors":"FP Omullo","doi":"10.1136/bmj.r1355","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Yuen and colleagues present UK data on the temporal association between gabapentinoid use and self-harm.1 Extrapolating these findings to the African population requires a pragmatic approach owing to diverging prescribing practices, regulatory disparities, and healthcare system limitations. Across many African nations, gabapentinoids are frequently prescribed off-label …","PeriodicalId":22388,"journal":{"name":"The BMJ","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The BMJ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1355","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Yuen and colleagues present UK data on the temporal association between gabapentinoid use and self-harm.1 Extrapolating these findings to the African population requires a pragmatic approach owing to diverging prescribing practices, regulatory disparities, and healthcare system limitations. Across many African nations, gabapentinoids are frequently prescribed off-label …