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Often Off-label: Questionable Gabapentinoid Use Noted at Hospital Admission Warrants Deprescribing

Journal of Hospital Medicine 14(9). 2019 September;579-580 | 10.12788/jhm.3245

© 2019 Society of Hospital Medicine

Disclosures

Dr. Steinman served as an unpaid expert witness in United States of America ex. Rel. David Franklin vs. Parke-Davis, Division of Warner-Lambert Company and Pfizer, Inc, litigation which alleged that the named pharmaceutical companies improperly marketed gabapentin for non-FDA-approved uses. Drs. Lam and Rochon have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Funding

Dr. Rochon is supported by the Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Steinman is supported by the National Institute on Aging, US (K24AG049057 and P30AG044281).