
Gabapentin drug family
Gabapentin is a medication from the drug family known as anticonvulsants. It is primarily used to treat epilepsy and neuropathic pain. Gabapentin works by reducing abnormal electrical activity …
Gabapentin - Wikipedia
Gabapentin, sold under the brand name Neurontin among others, is an anticonvulsant medication primarily used to treat neuropathic pain and also for partial seizures [10][7] of epilepsy. It is a …
Gabapentin: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Warnings - Drugs.com
2024年9月24日 · Gabapentin (Neurontin, Gralise, Horizant) is a medicine used to treat partial seizures, nerve pain from shingles and restless leg syndrome. It works on the chemical …
Gabapentin: Uses, Interactions, Mechanism of Action - DrugBank …
Gabapentin is an anti-convulsant medication that inhibits the release of excitatory neurotransmitters, allowing for its use against pathologic neurotransmission such as that seen …
Gabapentinoid - Wikipedia
Gabapentinoids, also known as α2δ ligands, are a class of drugs that are chemically derivatives of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) (i.e., GABA analogues) …
Gabapentin - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2020年8月5日 · Gabapentin is an anticonvulsive medication that received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993 and has been available in generic form in the …
Gabapentin: Uses, Side Effects, Dosages, Interactions & More
Gabapentin is approved to prevent and control partial seizures, relieve postherpetic neuralgia after shingles and moderate-to-severe restless legs syndrome. Learn what side effects to …
Gabapentin Monograph for Professionals - Drugs.com
2024年6月10日 · Gabapentin and gabapentin enacarbil are used for management of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in adults. Considered one of several first-line therapies for PHN; more …
Gabapentin: MedlinePlus Drug Information
Gabapentin is in a class of medications called anticonvulsants. Gabapentin treats seizures by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain. Gabapentin relieves the pain of PHN by …
Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) - Uses, Side Effects, and More - WebMD
2024年5月14日 · Gabapentin is commonly used to treat and prevent seizures in people with epilepsy or to treat nerve pain (postherpetic neuralgia) that can occur after a viral infection …