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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. I talk to women 75 and older or something like it’s my job as your PCP to recommend tests that I think will lead to more good than to harm. And so then they saw their PCP.

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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). So the patient gets gabapentin prescribed from their surgeon, they see their PCP, they have a list of medications, and they all get renewed, get represcribed. By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. Tasce: Lots of reasons.