Gabapentin Petition Could Give FDA Opportunity to Revisit Tradeoffs In Opioid Oversight Debate
Executive Summary
Public Citizen’s request to place gabapentin on DEA’s controlled substances list may be a test case for how much weight FDA plans to give to broader public health impacts of drug approvals as opposed to the risk-benefit calculus for individual patients for whom a drug is labeled.
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