Most older adults prescribed gabapentin after a stroke kept getting the drug for at least 1 year. Gabapentin is used ...

Gabapentin prescriptions have nearly doubled in recent years. It is now a top dispensed drug. Doctors use it off-label for many conditions. The medica ...

Medically reviewed by Jason DelCollo, DO Key Takeaways Gabapentin may help relieve severe knee osteoarthritis pain but is not ...

Although widely prescribed off-label to treat many types of chronic pain, experts warn of harmful side effects.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 82 and take gabapentin for arthritis, but my niece takes it for anxiety. What is gabapentin all about? -- J.M. ANSWER: Gabapentin was originally approved as a drug to control ...

There is also some controversy in the literature on whether gabapentin is only active in central areas of the nervous system or whether it is also effective in the periphery. [4,14,20,21,22,23] The ...

Dr Asif Ahmed, a GP, issued a warning about three commonly prescribed medications and their potential for addiction and other ...

The rate of gabapentin prescribing slowed after 2016, but is still increasing, according to a research letter published ...