Nurses work crazy shifts and can have trouble sleeping. In addition, we are being bombarded with information and get interrupted approximately every 5 minutes. It would make sense that a nurse would go to her physician and say, “I’m having trouble focusing.” The physician prescribes Adderall and, at first, it’s amazing. You not only find that you suddenly have all this energy and are extremely focused, but you’re also losing weight as an added benefit! Then nurses start … [Read more...]
Health Care Provider Gabapentin Abuse
I have recently seen a number of health care professionals using Gabapentin, which is used to treat epilepsy, postherpetic neuralgia (shingles), but also widely prescribed off-label to treat fibromyalgia, neuropathy, migraines and other chronic pain conditions. In 2016, 64,000,000 prescriptions were written in the U.S. for Gabapentin, the 10th most prescribed medication. This is a 49% increase in just 5 years. In researching this issue, it appears that Gabapentin can increase or heighten the … [Read more...]
