Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study. Gomes T, Juurlink DN, Antoniou T, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, van den Brink W (2017) PLoS Med 14(10): e1002396. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed…

USA. Public Health: Deaths from Opioid Overdoses Soar - Men and women of all ages are dying from heroin and fentanyl overdoses Mark Fischetti, Scientific American October 2017 Issue https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deaths-from-opioid-ove…

A PRESCRIPTION painkiller which is now set to be restricted as a Class C drug was linked to more than 150 drug deaths in Scotland last year. Gabapentin was mentioned on the death certificates of 154 overdose cases, while its sister drug pregabalin…

Trends in Deaths Involving Heroin and Synthetic Opioids Excluding Methadone, and Law Enforcement Drug Product Reports, by Census Region - United States, 2006-2015. O'Donnell JK, Gladden RM, Seth P. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Sep 1;66(34):897-…

Australia recorded the highest number of drug-induced deaths since the late 1990s, with the death rate steadily increasing over a decade and now at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 Australians - data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)…

Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015.  The JAMA Network, press release, 19.09.2017 https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/contribution-opioid-related-deaths-change-life-ex…