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Correlation. I take gabapentin for pain, so this study absolutely caught my eye. And I'm going to ask my doc about it. But the study is clear that this is a co
by codingdave 1y ago
Correlation.
I take gabapentin for pain, so this study absolutely caught my eye. And I'm going to ask my doc about it. But the study is clear that this is a correlation, not a causation.
- jjgreen 1y agoTrue, but tendency to dementia causes a fondness for a particular drug? Some 3rd effect causes both?
- codingdave 1y agoThose questions are exactly why I'm going to ask my doc. But because gabapentin is specifically for neuropathic pain, I could certainly envision a scenario where a deeper neurological root cause is giving someone both pain and dementia, so they are both symptoms. I'm not banking on that, of course. It is worth digging into to find out more.
- jjgreen 1y agoDefinitely, best of luck ...
- stacktrust 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44527484#44529281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44527484#44529281
- sudoshred 1y agoAnother plausible interpretation is that the profile of a patient who is commonly prescribed the drug substantially overlaps with the profile of a patient who one day develops dementia.