Prescriptions for gabapentin in the U.S. increased from 5.8 million to 15.5 million since 2010, raising safety concerns ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BENNINGTON — Results from the state Department of Health’s drug overdose report lay out a sad and sadly familiar litany: Overdose deaths rose in 2022, and fentanyl was involved in all but a few of ...

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 ...

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 ...