The message to the medical community is clear: prescribing gabapentin must involve strict monitoring, especially in older ...

An extremely popular nerve pain drug commonly given to those suffering from low-back issues has been linked to impaired mental health including dementia and mild cognitive impairment. The risk was ...

In a new study, FDA-approved Gabapentin has been linked to an increased risk of dementia and cognitive impairment. It was ...

Frequent use of gabapentin for back pain may raise the risk of dementia by 29% and mild cognitive impairment by 85%, new study finds.

Gabapentin, a common painkiller, may increase dementia risk with frequent use. Younger users are especially vulnerable.

Gabapentin is routinely used to treat nerve pain and restless leg syndrome, but it might be riskier to our brain health than ...

A drug widely used to treat nerve pain and epilepsy has been linked with an increase in cases of dementia and mild cognitive ...

Gabapentin has been used for over 20 years, particularly for nerve-related pain. Originally approved to treat partial seizures, it works by binding to voltage-gated calcium channels in the brain, ...

A POPULAR nerve and back pain medicine has been linked to an increased risk of dementia by scientists. The risk was associated with patients who had received six or more prescriptions of the drug.

Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)--29% and 85 ...

Gabapentin, which is used to treat seizures, nerve pain and restless leg syndrome might be linked with increased risk of dementia, a new study says.

“This large observational study looked at health records of over 26,000 people in the US diagnosed with chronic lower back pain and who were prescribed gabapentin within a 10-year period. They found ...