Impact of pregabalin reclassification as a controlled substance in Egypt on gabapentinoid and opioid utilization: A repeated cross-sectional study

• Araniy Santhireswaran ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: araniy.santhireswaran@mail.utoronto.ca

  Affiliation Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2661-8557

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• Simon LaRue,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Axe santé des populations et pratiques optimales en santé, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

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• Shanzeh Chaudhry,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Yilei Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Katie Suda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Omneya Mohamed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Head, Health Economic, Market Access and Reimbursement (HEMAR), Middle East and Africa, Baxter Renal Care, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Mohamed Amin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, Alamein International University, Alamein, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0404-2040

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• Jason Guertin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Axe santé des populations et pratiques optimales en santé, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1718-5307

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• Mina Tadrous

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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