Gabapentin Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Neurontin
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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| Other | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Pain | 9 |
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2 | |||
| Muscle Pain | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Nerve Pain in Legs | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 3 |
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2 | |||
| Treat Parkinson's | 2 | 0 |
See all 33 patients currently taking Gabapentin
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Gabapentin. See all 11 dosages ►
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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7 | 39% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 22% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 11% |
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Personal research
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1 | 6% |
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Not indicated
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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 5 patient evaluations
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- jntdsn
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- jntdsn
- 600 mg daily
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips don't forget to take it just becasue no more pain does not mean you can do without See full evaluation
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- scooter78666
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- scooter78666
- 400 mg daily
- since Sep 15, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips My neurologist prescribed Neurontin as a 'long shot' at helping eliminate pain in my back/groin from a herniated disk injury in 1963. He also had hopes it m... See full evaluation
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- Dana O.
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- Dana O.
- 600 mg daily
- since Feb 25, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Muscle Pain
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Don't plan on driving when you're on a higher dosage of this. It takes several weeks for it to really start working on the pain. See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.