1. Patterns of gabapentin prescription and of hospitalization in a national cohort of US Veterans.
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Levy, Deborah R, Gordon, Kirsha S, Bastian, Lori A, Brandt, Cynthia, and Gunderson, Craig
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AMERICAN veterans , *T-test (Statistics) , *HOSPITAL care , *DIZZINESS , *SEX distribution , *KRUSKAL-Wallis Test , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *AGE distribution , *CHI-squared test , *LONGITUDINAL method , *DRUG approval , *RACE , *ODDS ratio , *PHYSICIAN practice patterns , *GABAPENTIN , *SEIZURES (Medicine) , *MEDICAL records , *ACQUISITION of data , *DRUG prescribing , *DRUGS , *POSTHERPETIC neuralgia , *DATA analysis software , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *ACCIDENTAL falls , *COMORBIDITY , *NOSOLOGY - Abstract
The article examines the relationship between gabapentin prescriptions and hospitalization rates among U.S. veterans, revealing that gabapentin use is associated with increased odds of hospitalization, regardless of dose. Topics discussed include the patterns of gabapentin prescriptions, the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients prescribed gabapentin, and the potential impact of gabapentin on hospitalization across different age groups.
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- 2024
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