Neurontin Used for Pain: Doctors Influenced by Drug Reps
by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Ethical Issues in Health
Neurontin was approved for the treatment of partial seizures in epilepsy but was increasingly used for pain management due to doctors being illegally influenced by a drug company.
Drug company representatives frequently promoted non-approved uses of the drug gabapentin (Neurontin) to doctors and these visits often resulted in doctors planning to increase their use of gabapentin (Neurontin).
In the US, before [...]
