A drug widely used to treat nerve pain and epilepsy has been linked with an increase in cases of dementia and mild cognitive impairment. A team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...

People who receive six or more prescriptions of gabapentin for lower back pain are at a significantly higher risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment, a large new study suggests.

But for many, the relief from chronic pain outweighs those little annoyances.New study: What did researchers do and find?A ...

The message to the medical community is clear: prescribing gabapentin must involve strict monitoring, especially in older ...

Gabapentin is approved for seizures and post-herpetic neuralgia; gabapentin enacarbil is approved for restless legs syndrome.

Many with peripheral neuropathy use medications like Gabapentin, Lyrica, or Cymbalta for relief, but these only mask symptoms instead of treating the cause. While they may temporarily reduce pain ...

If successful, it could represent a safer, non-addictive alternative to opioids and a more effective option than current standard treatments like pregabalin and gabapentin." ...

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Perioperative use of gabapentin may increase the risk for kidney function decline and chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with pregabalin.

Perioperative gabapentin use was associated with kidney function decline compared with pregabalin. Perioperative use of gabapentin may increase the risk for kidney function decline and chronic ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Risks were high for people with chronic kidney disease or significant frailty. Odds of hip ...

Superior Pain Relief: The preclinical data shows that Ketamir-2 offers better efficacy than Pregabalin and better efficacy than Gabapentin.