Gabapentin Capsules

Classification: Pain Relief Medicine

What is Gabapentin?

It is widely used to relieve cancer pain or other neuropathic pains. It is also used to reduce convulsions or seizures.

Uses of Gabapentin

It is widely used in supportive cancer treatments to relieve pain and seizures.

  • • Restless leg syndrome
  • • Burning and shooting pain
  • • Epilepsy
  • • Neuropathic pain in diabetes, neuralgia

Gabakast Manufactured by Aprazer Healthcare

Gabakast is the global standard medicine containing gabapentin. It is available worldwide and is widely used to treat cancer pains and seizures caused by cancer therapies.

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How Does Gabapentin Work?

  • • It blocks the over-excitatory neurotransmitters and reduces seizures.
  • • It disrupts the pain signals to the brain and is used to control severe pain.

What Are Gabapentin’s Adverse Effects?

It reduces the neurotransmitter activity and causes sleepiness at the initial stage of treatment, which gradually decreases with time.

  • • Drowsiness
  • • Excessive sleep
  • • Nausea
  • • Headache
  • • Dry mouth
  • • Feeling tired
  • • Blurred vision
  • • Swelling in hands, legs, and feet
  • • Poor coordination
  • • Shaking, trembling
  • • Increased weight

What Are the Gabapentin Severe Effects?

Severe side effects occur with increased or high doses. It includes CNS side effects and allergic reactions.

  • • Depression, mood swings
  • • Rash, itching
  • • Shortness of breath
  • • Swelling over the lips, throat
  • • Severe drowsiness
  • • Confusion

What Precautions Should Be Taken for Gabapentin Use?

It should not be stopped abruptly. It worsens the side effects.

To be used cautiously in

  • • Elderly
  • • Kidney dysfunctions
  • • Substance abuse- alcohol or opioids
  • • Neuropsychiatric problems- depression, anxiety
  • • Respiratory disorders
  • • Concomitant use with CNS drugs
  • • Diabetic patients
  • • Pregnant women
  • • Women feeding children

What Are the Warnings for Using Gabapentin?

  • • Check for Allergy or hypersensitivity to Gabapentin or the drug components.
  • • To be used under medical prescription only
  • • Avoid driving during the treatment.
  • • Do not stop medication without a doctor’s guidance.
  • • Should not work on heavy machinery

Which Other Drugs Interact With Gabapentin?

It increases drowsiness and sleepiness when used with –

  • • CNS depressants
  • • Alcohol
  • • Opioids
  • • Herbal supplements

Antacids and NSAIDs impair its absorption.

Important Monitoring Information

Gabapentin is excreted by the kidneys and should be monitored for –

  • • Renal functions
  • • Neurological functions
  • • Weight gain
  • • CNS depression

Conclusion

Gabapentin is used to treat painful conditions like cancer.

It relieves long-term arthritis pain and nerve pain in diabetic neuropathy.

It should be monitored for severe CNS side effects.