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gabapentin

gabapentin

2 7.5
A medicine that treats some seizures and nerve pain
  • noun
  • /ˌɡæbəˈpɛntɪn/
  • Specialized
: gabapentina
  • Amitriptyline, gabapentin, and pregabalin have become well-established treatments in recent years.
  • gabapentin and pregabalin

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Examples

  • Next is gabapentin, which is marketed under the brand name Neurontin.

  • You might have heard of things like trileptal or gabapentin, Lyrica, things like that.

  • And we tend to start with gabapentin in our population because it's very useful for sleep if a person does not have depression quantity.

  • We successfully treated them with the combination of gabapentin and oxycodone without any remarkable side effects.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Because of pain and neuropathic complaints, the patient received gabapentin, achieving only transient and limited benefits.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Off-label medications, such as topiramate and gabapentin, have potential for greater efficacy in alcohol use disorders.

    Academic text (2014)
  • For the HZV-related neuropathic complaints, neuronal membrane stabilizing agents, such as gabapentin and pregabalin, are the therapy of choice.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Among the anticonvulsants, sodium valproate (200-1000mg), carbamazepine (200-1200mg/day), and gabapentin (100-600mg tds) are commonly used.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The doctor prescribed gabapentin to help manage her nerve pain effectively.

  • After his diagnosis of epilepsy, he started taking gabapentin to control his seizures.

Synonyms

Neurontin
vsgabapentin
  • Specialized
2 8.3

A medicine that controls some kinds of seizures and reduces nerve pain from shingles

is the generic medical name rather than a brand name

Surface Forms

gabapentin singular
gabapentins plural

Etymology

Gabapentin comes from GABA, a brain chemical 'that calms nerve signals', plus the drug ending -pentin. It was named this because the medicine works like GABA to reduce nerve activity, so it helps with seizures and nerve pain.