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Gabapentin (Oral Route)
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Description
Gabapentin is used to help control some types of seizures 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.
This medicine is also used to manage a condition called postherpetic neuralgia (pain after “shingles”).
Gabapentin is available only with your doctor's prescription.
Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although this use is not included in product labeling, gabapentin is used in certain patients:
- To treat diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
- Tablet
- Capsule
- Solution
