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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

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So when I got to a residency and at that point I was in residency 1999 to 2002 and we were being taught to screen everyone no matter what. They were hospitalized but something comes up about mammography screening and it can be really quick. And so we recruited 546 women and they were from 137 different PCPs.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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In 2002, 1% of adults were taking gabapentinoids (gabapentin and or pregabalin). Eric: And we have Tasce Bongiovanni, who is an acute care trauma surgeon at UCSF and the San Francisco General Hospital. Summary Transcript Summary Gabapentin is the 10th most prescribed drug in the United States and use is increasing. Happy to be here.