Gabapentin is Used to Treat Nerve Pain

Gabapentin is used to help control partial seizures (convulsions) in the treatment of epilepsy. This medicine cannot cure epilepsy and will only work to control seizures for as long as you continue to take it. Gabapentin is also used to manage a condition called postherpetic neuralgia, which is pain that occurs after shingles. Gabapentin works… Continue reading Gabapentin is Used to Treat Nerve Pain

Does Gabapentin Help Nerve Pain?

Gabapentin is approved to treat the type of nerve pain (neuralgia) that results from nerve damage. Gabapentin is used to treat neuralgia caused by a herpes zoster viral infection, also known as shingles. Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant medication used in the management of peripheral neuropathic pains, postherpetic neuralgia, and partial-onset seizures. This pain is called… Continue reading Does Gabapentin Help Nerve Pain?

Does Gabapentin Help Treat Nerve Pain? Max Dosage: 3600 mg per day

Gabapentin can help relieve nerve pain in some people with postherpetic neuralgia (nerve pain after shingles) and peripheral diabetic neuropathy (nerve pain in the feet in people with diabetes). A Cochrane review reported that 3 to 4 patients out of every 10 with either of these conditions experienced at least a 50% reduction in pain… Continue reading Does Gabapentin Help Treat Nerve Pain? Max Dosage: 3600 mg per day

Gabapentin is Used to Treat Seizures and Postherpetic Neuralgia ?

Postherpetic Neuralgia

What is gabapentin? Gabapentin is a prescription drug. It comes as an oral capsule, an immediate-release oral tablet, an extended-release oral tablet, and an oral solution. Gabapentin oral capsule is available as the brand-name drug Neurontin. It’s also available as a generic drug. Generic drugs usually cost less than the brand-name version. In some cases, the brand-name… Continue reading Gabapentin is Used to Treat Seizures and Postherpetic Neuralgia ?