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Brand Names:
Neurontin, Nupentin, Ratio-Gabapentin
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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
87 patients in the community are taking or have taken Gabapentin.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 30 | 34% |
| Other | 25 | 28% |
| Neuropathic pain | 9 | 10% |
| Anxiety | 4 | 4% |
| Insomnia | 3 | 3% |
| Back pain | 2 | 2% |
| Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy) | 1 | 1% |
| Nightmares | 1 | 1% |
| chronic pain | 1 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 1% |
| Headaches/ Migraines | 1 | 1% |
| epilepsy | 1 | 1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Gabapentin or how long patients were taking Gabapentin before stopping.
Currently taking Gabapentin
Stopped taking Gabapentin
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 50% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Slight | 50% | 3 |
Treat my mood condition(s)
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 33% | 5 |
| Mild | 33% | 5 |
| None | 33% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, makes me groggy durning the day, Increased Hunger
Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)
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- Bryan Scott
- Sex: M
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 47 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by Bryan Scott
Sep 16, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsMild
- Back pain
- Advice/Tips
- A fantastic med that is non-addictive, so is non-narcotic and also is not an opioid
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0 helpful marks
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- zicratias
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 4
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Severe
- 21 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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by zicratias
Oct 26, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- Neurontin has helped me sleep some. The first week I took it I felt right to sleep. After that, it stopped working. When I started taking Neurontin with Benedryl the two worked together at putting me to sleep. Sometimes the combination and sometimes it does not. I also use this medication as a back up for not having seizures. Look, I'm a college student. I want to be able to go out and drink like other college students. Because I am taking more anticonvulsant medication the alcohol will likely not effect me as much as it would have without the Neurontin. Even though drinking now is for me just being part of a college student the original reason was for sleep. For approximately a year I was drinking two shots of vodka every night just to go to sleep. Neither my neurologist or psychiatrist approved of this at all because of how it could affect my mood and my seizure activity. After I tried everything that my insurance company would cover just to go to sleep and then to have all of it stop working or have too bad of side effects to handle, my psychiatrist last resort was just trying to protect me from having a seizure and added more anticonvulsant to prevent them.
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