A large-scale Australian study has found that older adults taking gabapentinoids — a common pain medication for nerve pain and epilepsy — face an increased risk of hip fracture, with especially high ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

A new study from Monash University in Australia has found that gabapentinoids—commonly used drugs for treating neuropathic ...

Often seen as a safer alternative to opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, gabapentinoid use increased eightfold between 2012 and 2018, with one in seven Australians aged 80 and older ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Gabapentinoids -- ...

Study will track how adults 65 or older living with obesity respond to activity and nutrition coaching. Setting out to prove ...

[21] It is pertinent to educate older adults about acetaminophen concentrations in combination OTC medications and prescription products, as ingestion of these can lead to an unintentional ...