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 taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 38 |
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6 | ||
| Other | 18 |
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2 | |||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 13 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Fasciculations | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Slow my ALS progress | 7 | 0 |
See all 113 patients currently taking Gabapentin
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Gabapentin. See all 23 dosages ►
| 900mg as needed | daily | 3 mg daily | 90 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 800 mg daily | 900 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 5 x 250 mg/5 mL daily | 1500 mg daily | 1600 mg daily | 1800 mg daily | 2100 mg daily | 2400 mg daily | 2700 mg daily | 3200 mg daily | 3600 mg daily | 4500 mg daily | ||
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1
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4
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1
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1
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2
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7
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24
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4
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2
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20
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1
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13
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7
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1
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1
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3
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11
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2
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1
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2
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1
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3
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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8 | 44% |
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Side effects too severe
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5 | 28% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 22% |
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Personal research
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2 | 11% |
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Other
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2 | 11% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 11 patient evaluations
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- Soli Deo Gloria
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
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- Soli Deo Gloria
- 300 mg daily
- since Aug 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Cramps
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Side Effects
None
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- spider
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
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- spider
- 400 mg daily
- since Aug 23, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
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- michael
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
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- michael
- 2100 mg daily
- since Oct 29, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.