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

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By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. 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. These are families who are in distress. Tasce: Lots of reasons. Absolutely clinicians are trying to do the right thing.