What Risks Rise with Gabapentinoids and Benzos?

Risk of drug poisoning if gabapentinoid painkillers taken with other medications

People who take gabapentinoids, a medication prescribed increasingly frequently worldwide, particularly for chronic pain, face a much greater risk of drug poisoning if they are also taking another medication, finds a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers. The authors of the new PLOS Medicine study found that among people taking gabapentinoids, adding benzodiazepines was associated with a doubling in the risk of hospitalisation…

What risks rise with gabapentinoids and benzos?

Combined sedatives increase poisoning risk in hospital data A study analyzing about 16,000 patients found that combining gabapentinoids with other central nervous system depressants is associated with higher risk of drug poisoning hospitalization. The results quantify how co prescribing can…

Association between gabapentinoid treatment, concurrent use with opioid or benzodiazepine and the risk of drug poisoning: A self-controlled case series study

In a self-controlled case series study, Andrew S. C. Yuen and colleagues analyse whether there is an association between gabapentinoid use and drug poisoning, using data from the United Kingdom clinical practice research datalink (CPRD).