Gabapentinoid-related deaths: An alarming global trend or just a special challenge within the long tail of the giant opioid epidemic?

• Udo Bonnet,
• Volker Auwärter,
• Norbert Scherbaum

Affiliations

Udo Bonnet

Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany; LVR-Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Corresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Grutholzallee 21, D-44577 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.

Volker Auwärter

Department of Forensic Toxicology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Norbert Scherbaum

LVR-Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany