Tag: anti-seizure drugs

  • Gabapentin is Used to Treat Seizures and Postherpetic Neuralgia ?

    Gabapentin is Used to Treat Seizures and 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…

  • 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…