Use of gabapentin among adults with chronic low back pain was significantly associated with increased risk of dementia and ...

A large medical records study suggests that adults who receive multiple prescriptions of gabapentin for chronic low back pain ...

Patients with neuropathic pruritus exhibit higher rates of psychiatric, metabolic, and neurologic disorders, with gabapentin ...

A large Medicare cohort study found that older adults prescribed pregabalin had a significantly higher risk of developing ...

New treatment option for patients with kidney disease and itch Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated pruritus, known by some as kidney itch, is common in patients with advanced CKD.1 About one in ...

Research Highlight Published: May 2007 Memantine and gabapentin are useful in the treatment of congenital nystagmus Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 3, 243–244 (2007) Cite this article ...

The antiseizure medication pregabalin, which is commonly prescribed for noncancer pain, has been linked to an increased risk ...

Gabapentin is a medication first approved in 1993 for treating epilepsy. Soon after, its knack for reducing nerve pain—from post-shingles neuralgia to diabetic neuropathy—made it wildly popular.

Gabapentin's quieting effect on overactive brain areas has led to its approval by the FDA for treating epilepsy and neuropathic pain. It is also now widely prescribed "off-label" for other pain ...

Gabapentin and pregabalin, two widely used prescription drugs, are now subject to increased controls in the UK, which means they are now reclassified as class C controlled substances.