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Re: New warning about Gabpentin and serious breathing problems. Neurontin,Gralise,Horizant, Lyrica


@pitdakota wrote:

@Mindy D wrote:

@jonim wrote:

Thank you for sharing this info.  I was not aware of this , Used lyrica for years.  


@jonim  No one is aware of this. This is a brand new warning alert for doctors and pharmacists. Your doctor and pharmacist should just be getting this alert right now. They might not have read this yet. 


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Hi @Mindy D!  This is not new information for health care professionals.  This information has been out there among professionals for some time.  As @Laura14 stated, this is how this classification of medications work and when prescribed with other medications that also have the potential to depress the respiratory system, it bears certain monitoring or assessment.  

 

It might be the first warning sent as just a reminder to healthcare professionals because our population is increasing and aging at the same time so this classification of medication is prescribed more often and may be prescribed in conjunction with other medications that call for special considerations or monitoring of certain patients. 


 

That was my first thought, too.  This should not come as news to health care professionals because it makes perfect sense.  The way these meds work is pretty basic.

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Re: New warning about Gabpentin and serious breathing problems. Neurontin,Gralise,Horizant, Lyrica


@Drythe wrote:

 


@Mindy D wrote:

@jonim wrote:

Thank you for sharing this info.  I was not aware of this , Used lyrica for years.  


@jonim  No one is aware of this. This is a brand new warning alert for doctors and pharmacists. Your doctor and pharmacist should just be getting this alert right now. They might not have read this yet. 


@Mindy D 

 

Respectfully, many people are aware of this.  It has been in journals and seminars for a good while.

 

The FDA relies on reports from Physician / Pharmacists to tell them about issues their patients experience while taking a drug.  After the FDA receives reports from Physician / Pharmacists, the FDA review them, and draws correlations, only after that do they send out the type of warning in your OP.

 

So, while this  general public warning just came out today, the information it is based on came from Physicians and Pharmacists.  The FDA is not a clinical facility, it’s  job is administrative.  So, this is not a brand new warning that no one was aware of.  

 

I teach in the field of Health Care, I’ve been teaching this contraindication for a good bit.  It is interesting and important to follow such information for yourself.  But, it is good to gain an understanding of how the US Public Health System works, and keep alerts in the appropriate context so as not to alarm people.

 

 


@Drythe, great post!