Gabapentinoids: condemned without sufficient evidence?

Udo Bonnet^{1

2}, Heath McAnally^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Duisburg-Essen, D-44577 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, LVR-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, D-45147 Essen, Germany.
³ Northern Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, LLC, Eagle River, AK, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

Udo Bonnet et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 30:28:100629.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100629. eCollection 2023 May.

Udo Bonnet^{1

2}, Heath McAnally^{3

4}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Duisburg-Essen, D-44577 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, LVR-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, D-45147 Essen, Germany.
³ Northern Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, LLC, Eagle River, AK, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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