Recommendations to avoid opioids in the treatment of chronic pain have focused our attention on the use of nonopioid medications, including gabapentin. Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is an unpleasant condition that negatively impacts many aspects of patients’ lives and is challenging for clinicians to treat. (See Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women: Common, Complex and Real.) The Practice Bulletin from the American College...
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FDA Warns of ‘Serious’ Respiratory Problems With Gabapentin
Megan Brooks Life-threatening breathing difficulties can occur in patients who use gabapentin or pregabalin with opioids or other drugs that depress the central nervous system, as well as those with underlying respiratory impairment and the elderly, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in a drug safety communication issued today. “Reports of gabapentinoid abuse...
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FDA Warns of ‘Serious’ Respiratory Problems With Gabapentin
Megan Brooks Life-threatening breathing difficulties can occur in patients who use gabapentin or pregabalin with opioids or other drugs that depress the central nervous system, as well as those with underlying respiratory impairment and the elderly, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in a drug safety communication issued today. “Reports of gabapentinoid abuse alone, and with opioids, have emerged...
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How to treat and prevent leg muscle cramps
Muscle cramps are painful, visible contractions of a muscle or part of a muscle. Many people experience muscle cramps in the calf. In most cases, the cramp can last for a few seconds to a few minutesTrusted Source before spontaneously resolving. Keep reading to learn about the causes, treatments, and prevention of leg muscle cramps....