US FDA Learns 'Lessons Of History,' Takes Opioid Fight To Gabapentinoids
Executive Summary
Agency investigating potential misuse and abuse of gabapentinoids, which CDC had recommended as alternative to opioids, in latest twist to epidemic.
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