Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, ...

Many of the prescription drugs that are commonly abused or misused are brands most people have heard of. Painkillers, also known as opioids, are the most frequently abused ones, per data from the New ...

Among patients on dialysis taking gabapentin, the major adverse events rate (per 100 person-years) ranged from 9.3 for any fracture to 37.8 for altered mental status. Gabapentin treatment, especially ...

A recently published report describes the case of a 62-year-old patient who experienced rare but serious central nervous system (CNS) side effects following the initiation of gabapentin therapy. A ...

IF YOU HAVEN'T heard of gabapentin, listen up; it might be America’s new favorite chill pill. The news is it’s become the 5th most prescribed medication in the United States, and it’s being used for ...

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin—which are frequently prescribed for nerve ...