Gabapentin withdrawal: Case report in an older adult and review of the literature

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1635-1637

  Mah, Linda ^a,b   Hart, Michelle ^c,d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGITATION; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEADACHE; HUMANS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84884217726     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12427     Document Type: Letter

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