Often Off-label: Questionable Gabapentinoid Use Noted at Hospital Admission Warrants Deprescribing

Overview

Journal J Hosp Med

Publisher Wiley

Specialties General Medicine
Health Services

Date 2019 Sep 12

PMID 31507352

Citations 4

Authors

Kenneth Lam

Paula A Rochon

Michael A Steinman

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