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 ...
Chronic joint pain, the other condition focused on in the study, is generally associated with osteoarthritis, which is very common in the elderly. The findings underscore the need to pay more ...