Gabapentin and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer and Renal Cancer (GPRD)

The exposure of interest is gabapentin use as defined by prescriptions recorded by the GPRD general practitioner (British National Formulary codes). Data on prescriptions for gabapentin will be extracted for each case and control from entry into the study cohort up to the index date (the exposure window). Gabapentin exposure will be parameterized as follows: (1) Ever versus never exposed; (2) Number of prescriptions; (3) Duration of exposure; and (4) Cumulative dose. These parameterizations will also be examined with a 2 year lag time from the index date, limiting the exposure window from entry into the study cohort up to 2 years prior to the index date.