Experts say gabapentin is now being mixed with other opioids in an apparent effort to get a stronger “high.” Share on Pinterest Gabapentin, a prescription medication primarily used to treat seizures ...

New research links repeated gabapentin use with increased risk, prompting cautious monitoring for gabapentin and dementia ...

Gabapentin is an oral capsule sold under the brand name Neurontin or as a lower-priced generic drug. It’s primarily used to treat partial seizures in adults and children. It’s also used to treat nerve ...

A zebrafish study finds that gabapentin, already used for alcohol withdrawal, reduced hepatic steatosis, intestinal ...

Gabapentin is a drug that doctors sometimes prescribe off-label to reduce hot flashes during menopause. Instead of affecting hormones, experts think it may act on the hypothalamus, the part of the ...

Gabapentin didn't appear to show a greater risk of falls after older adults started using it. The analysis compared new gabapentin users versus new duloxetine users. Patients with diabetic neuropathy, ...

Gabapentin is used to treat partial seizures that occur with epilepsy and nerve pain resulting from nerve damage such as: Postherpetic neuralgia, a type of nerve pain caused by shingles Diabetic ...

If you’ve received a prescription for gabapentin (Neurontin) in recent years, chances are it wasn’t prescribed as a muscle relaxer. Although gabapentin was originally used as a muscle relaxant and ...

The available drugs to treat neuropathic pain have incomplete efficacy and dose-limiting adverse effects. We compared the efficacy of a combination of gabapentin and morphine with that of each as a ...

Gabapentin was supposed to be the answer. Chronic pain afflicts about a fifth of American adults, and for years, doctors thought it could be treated with prescription painkillers like Oxycontin. But ...