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“The key word is association. This study does not establish causality. For absolute, catastrophic harm to an appropriately selected, monitored pain patient, the risk is small.” – Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Stanford Pain Medicine

Although early stimulant exposure was not associated with increases in maternal or fetal risk, the study suggests that continuation of stimulants into the second and/or third trimester may increase some pregnancy complications.

Clinicians often are unaware that gabapentinoids can cause peripheral edema or even respiratory depression.

“People are more used to taking pills than they are taking injections” but “90% of a person’s weight is the result of what they eat. There are no magic solutions.”

“The pharmacist should have realized that the prescription was incorrectly written and should have communicated with the provider, who would have then understood that the titration schedule was incorrect, and all this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Pharmacies exist to heal the sick, not to fuel addiction and line the pockets of drug traffickers.” – DEA Administrator Terrance Cole