Gabapentin, a common painkiller, may increase dementia risk with frequent use. Younger users are especially vulnerable.

The session emphasized different strategies to initiate buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, and phenobarbital therapy in patients with SUDs.

After reinitiating gabapentin on day 5, the patient had no more complaints or symptoms of withdrawal and was discharged on day 7.

Eric Reed, best known as the trainer of 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike, has been suspended 15 days and fined $2,500 for a gabapentin positive found in the filly She's a Saint.

Introduction Gabapentin has been extensively prescribed off-label for psychiatric indications, with little established evidence of efficacy. Gabapentin and pregabalin, a very similar drug with the ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to PP-01 (nabilone/gabapentin) for the mitigation of cannabis withdrawal symptoms in patients with cannabis use disorder.

However, some have argued that gabapentin shouldn’t be prescribed to seniors, as it might increase their risk of damaging falls. Those concerns are baseless, according to the study.

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 ...

Investigators examined real-world gabapentin use and relevant adverse events by diagnosis in US patients receiving hemodialysis.

Here's who gabapentin was originally approved for, what it's used for today and why it's becoming a drug of increasing concern for abuse and misuse.

Gabapentin is used off-label to treat menopausal hot flashes, back pain, nerve pain, fibromyalgia, itching, restless leg syndrome and more.