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What is Gabapentin?

Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant medication used as an adjunct treatment for partial seizures and for the management of postherpetic neuralgia. Off label it is used for the treatment of social phobia and chronic pain.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients Efficacy	# of patients evaluated by
Pain	724	130
Fibromyalgia	330	97
Numbness and tingling with pins and needles (paresthesia)	249	52
Nerve pain	225	57
Other	200	20
Stiffness/Spasticity	174	30
Aching, burning, throbbing body pain	93	25
Burning sensation	66	14
Treat my mood condition(s)	54	15
Sensation	33	9
Muscle pain	33	12
Anxiety	32	10
Seizures	29	7
Neuralgia	27	6
disease-related symptoms	23	1
General health	23	4
Support another treatment	22	6
Migraine	19	5
Multiple Sclerosis MS	19	0
Trigeminal neuralgia	16	2
Insomnia	15	2
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy)	14	2
Mobility	11	3
Pain in lower back	11	3
Fasciculations	10	1
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	8	0
Peripheral Neuropathy (neuritis)	8	0
Nerve Pain	8	4
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	7	2
Fatigue	7	2
Cramps	7	2
Numbness	7	1
Burning sensation in skin	7	2
Back pain	6	3
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)	5	1
Post herpetic neuralgia	5	0
Bipolar Disorder	5	1
Spasms	5	1
Don't know	4	0
Spasms in legs	4	1
Migraine Headaches	4	2
seizures and pain	4	1
Sleep problems	4	3
Headaches	4	0
Major Depressive Disorder	4	1
Social anxiety/phobia	3	3
Burning Torso, Head, and Spine	3	0
HIV related neurological symptoms	3	1
Burning sensation all around torso-like a tight belt	3	0
Nystagmus	3	1
Burning Pain	3	0
Parkinson's Disease PD	2	0
Buzzing/vibration	2	0
Nightmares	2	1
Nerve Sensitivity (Pins and needles all over, skin hurts against clothes)	2	0
Mood swings	2	1
Transverse Myelitis	2	0
Muscle twitching (fasciculations)	2	0
Nerve pain in legs, numbness, burning	2	0
Mood Stabilizer	2	1
Chronic pain	2	0
Brain fog	2	1
Tremor	2	0
Epilepsy	2	0
Burning sensation in feet	2	0
Muscle spasms	2	1
Pain in legs	2	2
Sciatica (sciatic nerve pain)	2	0
MS hug	2	1
Depression/Fibromyalgia	2	2
Mood	2	0
Basilar Artery Migraine	1	0
Seizures (partial/focal)	1	0
anxiety,nervousness, depression	1	0
Seizures (grand mal/tonic-clonic)	1	1
Pain in feet with stiffness	1	0
Emotional lability	1	0
Numbness in legs, feet, arms and hands	1	0
Balance, Brain Fog, Fatigue, Depression,Lower Back, Memory , Muscle & Joint Pain, Muscle Spasm, Insomnia	1	1
Burning sensation in legs	1	0
Impaired concentration	1	1
Myoclonic jerking	1	1
stiffness body	1	0
Spasms in back and neck	1	0
neuropathy feet	1	0
Tremor in limbs	1	0
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD)	1	0
Pain in heel	1	1
deep leg pain	1	1
Tingling left side	1	0
Depression with anxiety	1	0
helps the burnning in my feet so I can walk	1	1
Spasms in arm	1	0
Pain in mid-back (bra-strap area)	1	0
herniated disk in neck c-5 c-6	1	0
anger/anxiety	1	1
Pain and weakness in hip	1	0
Intention tremor	1	1
feet/ankle swelling/pain	1	0
due to nerve pain in MS	1	0
verical eye jumping	1	1
Pain due to MS	1	1
postherpetic neuralgia	1	0
Multiple System Atrophy MSA	1	0
sleep	1	0
Tremor in eyes	1	0
Mood Stabilizer	1	0
Pain in lower back, neck, right side and shoulders	1	0
Atrophy of lower body muscles	1	0
Nerve Damage	1	0
Numbness and burning in calves	1	0
Depression, pain, paresthesia, migraines, buzzing and cold feet	1	1
Obsessive Thoughts	1	1
Burning sensation, soles of feet	1	1
Numbness in hands	1	0
trigeminal	1	1
reduce pain from stenosis	1	1
Seizures (absence/petit mal)	1	0
Itching (pruritus)	1	0
getting to sleep	1	0
nerve calming	1	0
Interstial Cystistis	1	1
burning hands	1	0
Eye pain	1	1
Headaches and neck pain	1	0
nerve pain	1	0
General Leg Pain	1	0
Depression	1	0
pain all over	1	0
migranes	1	0
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and anxietyPTSD	1	0
Neuropathy pain both feet & legs	1	0
pain from knee replacement	1	0
Fibro AND Migraine	1	0
occipital neuralgia	1	0
Cognition	1	0
Vision	1	1
control body temp	1	0
Swallowing	1	0
nurve pain	1	1
severe itching all over	1	1
Moodiness	1	0
Pain, stiffness/spasticity, numbness, tingling, pins & needles, burning, muscle contractions	1	1
Muscle jerks	1	0
neuropathy	1	0
Severe leg pain at night	1	0
electric shocks in right hand	1	1
For Depression & Nerve pain	1	0
Tremor in legs and feet	1	0
fybromylagia pain	1	1
Neuropathic pain	1	0
Paresthesia	1	0
BPD/Bipolar	1	0
Sleepiness	1	0
Interstial Cystistisial Cystistis	1	0
for nerve pain also	1	0
Bipolar rapid cycling	1	0
Nerve pain, Headaches	1	1
spasms & stiffness	1	0
tremors	1	0
Bi-Polar 2 Hypomania	1	0
Tremor in hands	1	1
pain from fibro	1	1
Jaw pain	1	0
Cramps in feet	1	0
Phantom smell (olfactory hallucination)	1	0
Shingles and Sciatica	1	0
Dystonia neck	1	0
electrical shocks throughout body	1	1
Cluster headaches	1	0
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)	1	1
rsd	1	0
nerve pain due to post injury car wreck 1994	1	0
Muscle cramps	1	0
Bladder problems	1	0
psychiatric	1

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Gabapentin Treatment Report

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Reasons taken & Efficacy