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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 Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Fibromyalgia 181 47
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 45 10
Pain 40 14
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain 36 10
Muscle Pain 19 6
Neuralgia 19 6

See all 390 patients currently taking Gabapentin


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
11 13%
Moderate
20 24%
Mild
24 29%
None
27 33%

Most commonly reported side effects

Increased Hunger
18 22%
Weight gain
15 18%
Sleepiness
14 17%
Makes me groggy during the day
14 17%
Brain fog
10 12%
Word fishing
9 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Gabapentin. See all 35 dosages ►

  100 mg all the time (24/7) 100mg as needed 1600 mg all the time (24/7) 200 mg all the time (24/7) 300 mg as needed 300mg as needed 4 100mg as needed 600 mg all the time (24/7) 600 mg as needed 600mg as needed 800 mg all the time (24/7) 900 mg all the time (24/7) 25 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1500 mg daily 1600 mg daily 1800 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2100 mg daily 2400 mg daily 2700 mg daily 2800 mg daily 3000 mg daily 3200 mg daily 3300 mg daily 3600 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 24 Number of Patients: 24 20 Number of Patients: 20 78 Number of Patients: 78 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 54 Number of Patients: 54 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 77 Number of Patients: 77 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 31 Number of Patients: 31 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 21 Number of Patients: 21 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Gabapentin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
27 43% Did not seem to work: 43%
Side effects too severe
20 32% Side effects too severe: 32%
Other
8 13% Other: 13%
Doctor's advice
7 11% Doctor's advice: 11%
Expense
4 6% Expense: 6%
Course of treatment ended
4 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research
1 2% Personal research: 2%

See all 59 patients who’ve stopped taking Gabapentin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Gabapentin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
22
42
49
71
48
84

Stopped Taking Gabapentin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
12
13
13
9
5
7

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
63 77%
Usually
13 16%
Sometimes
6 7%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
7 9%
Somewhat
9 11%
A little
24 29%
Not at all
42 51%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 1%
$50-99
4 5%
$25-49
3 4%
< $25
47 57%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.