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Secular trends in gabapentinoid dispensing by compensated workers with low back pain: a retrospective cohort study – Stephanie Mathieson et al.

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The management of low back pain commonly includes pharmacological management. Some clinical practice guidelines for managing low back pain now recommend avoiding some medicines, such as opioid analgesics and gabapentinoids (pregabalin, gabapentin), as the benefit often does not outweigh the harms. In people with work-related low back compensation claims, opioid analgesics have been found to lead to prolonged work disability with an increased daily dose, compared with other medicines like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and are associated with increased opioid-related deaths. The increasing incidence of gabapentinoid-related harms have been documented in the literature, such as abuse, misuse, dependence or overdose. However, the extent of gabapentinoid-related harms in work-related low back compensation claims is not well known.

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