According to NHS advice, people who use gabapentin may face rare emergencies linked to the medicine. Although it is not officially classed as a painkiller, doctors often prescribe it for nerve pain ...

Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)--29% and 85%, ...

If you suffer from chronic back pain – or a range of other types of persistent neurological pain – chances are you've been prescribed gabapentin to offer some relief at one point or another. Although ...

A further increase in risk was seen with prescription frequency, with a higher incidence of dementia and MCI for those with 12 or more vs 3 to 11 prescriptions for gabapentin. HealthDay News — For ...

If you’ve received a prescription for gabapentin (Neurontin) in recent years, chances are it wasn’t prescribed as a muscle relaxer. Although gabapentin was originally used as a muscle relaxant and ...

Regular gabapentin use appeared to increase risk of dementia by 29% and mild cognitive impairment by 85%, researchers reported n the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Photo by ...

Many of the prescription drugs that are commonly abused or misused are brands most people have heard of. Painkillers, also known as opioids, are the most frequently abused ones, per data from the New ...

Among patients on dialysis taking gabapentin, the major adverse events rate (per 100 person-years) ranged from 9.3 for any fracture to 37.8 for altered mental status. Gabapentin treatment, especially ...