Originally published by our sister publication, Pain Medicine News
Surgical patients who were treated with both opioids and gabapentinoids (gabapentin or pregabalin) on the day of surgery were nearly twice as likely to experience an opioid overdose and 70% more likely to incur respiratory complications, compared with patients who received opioids only, according to a cohort study in JAMA Network Open (2020;3[12]:e2031647).
However, the risk for encountering these events was quite low: less than