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What is Gabitril?

Gabitril is a brand name for the anti-convulsant drug tigabine. It is used as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of partial seizures.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 7 1 Efficacy_slight
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 5 0
Fibromyalgia 5 0
Mobility limited by distance 2 0
Unrefreshing or poor sleep 2 0
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 0

See all 21 patients currently taking Gabitril

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Gabitril

Weight gain 2
Fatigue 1
Brain fog 1
Insomnia 1
Hives (urticaria) 1
Cognitive impairment 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Gabitril. See all 12 dosages ►

  4 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 12 mg daily 16 mg daily 18 mg daily 30 mg daily 32 mg daily 36 mg daily 66 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Gabitril (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 38%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 38%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 31%
Expense 3   Expense: 23%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 8%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Gabitril

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Gabitril

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

Stopped Taking Gabitril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Gabitril

Always
 5 71%
Usually
 1 14%
Sometimes
 1 14%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Gabitril

Very
 2 29%
Somewhat
 2 29%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 43%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Gabitril

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 20%
$25-49
 3 60%
< $25
 1 20%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.