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A patient’s sex seems to matter when it comes to the type of analgesia given, according to a study from Monash University, Victoria, British Columbia, and The University of Melbourne, Australia.

Of 3,357 patients transported to the hospital by ambulance, 1,766 reported pain; 50% of the patients were women. Their median initial pain score was 6 on a verbal scale of 0 to 10. The patients received analgesia in roughly the same proportions, with no significant difference between the sexes.

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A 75-year-old patient who was given gabapentin (Neurontin, Pfizer) for severe anxiety developed choreiform movements, according to doctors at Richmond University, New York, and the University of Connecticut.

The patient’s memory complaints, attributed to dementia and comorbid anxiety disorder, were present before the first evaluation. Neuropsychological evaluation confirmed global cognitive dysfunction, including memory loss. The cause was believed to be vascular.

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