Prescriptions for the nerve-pain drug have doubled in 15 years as doctors moved away from opioids and benzodiazepines.• ...

Often championed as a safer alternative to opioids and prescribed off-label for chronic pain, gabapentin is approved ...

ATHENS, Ohio — On April 5, Ciera Smith sat in a car parked on the gravel driveway of the Rural Women’s Recovery Program here with a choice to make: go to jail or enter treatment for her addiction.

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab Clearwater has published a new evidence-based educational resource examining the clinical and safety risks associated with combining gabapentin and tramadol, two ...

PITTSBURGH — Videos are all over Youtube of people sharing their disturbing experiences with the drug Gabapentin. They demonstrate how intense the reaction can be to the drug used to treat nerve pain.

The anti-seizure drug gabapentin is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves. Common side effects include ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Suicide attempts reported to poison control among patients taking gabapentin, a widely prescribed anticonvulsant embraced as an alternative pain medication in the wake of curtailed ...

If you aren’t on this medication, chances are you know someone who is. It’s used to treat everything from pain to mood disorders and can be just what the doctor ordered for many. But now, there is ...

Neurontin (Gabapentin) is an anticonvulsant medication that is also used to treat nerve pain. The FDA-approved pill is a non-narcotic medication thought by experts to have a low abuse profile. RELATED ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is listing a drug commonly used to treat nerve pain and seizures as a controlled substance, a step intended to fight the opioid epidemic. The state Department of ...

As the opioid crisis rages on in America, users who want to get high are now taking a drug that has been traditionally prescribed for nerve pain. Gabapentin is a generic drug that is typically used to ...