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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
General health 1 0
Transverse Myelitis 1 0
Treat my MSA 1 0

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Dosages

  2400 mg weekly 900 mg daily 1600 mg daily 2700 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Gabapentin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Expense
1 100% Expense: 100%
Side effects too severe
1 100% Side effects too severe: 100%

See all 1 patient 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
0
0
0
0
0
2

Stopped Taking Gabapentin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.