User Tools

Site Tools


gabapentin

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
gabapentin [2025/07/11 06:41] – [Introduction] gary1gabapentin [2026/01/18 12:41] (current) – [Adverse effects] gary1
Line 64: Line 64:
   *allergic reactions   *allergic reactions
   *appears to significantly increase risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment although this is a retrospective study which didn't account for dose or length of gabapentin use(([[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/02/rapm-2025-106577|BMJ 2025: Risk of dementia following gabapentin prescription in chronic low back pain patients]]))   *appears to significantly increase risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment although this is a retrospective study which didn't account for dose or length of gabapentin use(([[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/02/rapm-2025-106577|BMJ 2025: Risk of dementia following gabapentin prescription in chronic low back pain patients]]))
-    * those who had received six or more gabapentin prescriptions were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be diagnosed with MCI within 10 years of their initial pain diagnosis. +    * those who had received six or more gabapentin prescriptions were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment within 10 years of their initial pain diagnosis. 
     * when the records were stratified by age, 18–64 year olds prescribed the drug were more than twice as likely to develop either condition than those who hadn't been prescribed gabapentin; the risks of dementia more than doubled and those of MCI more than tripled among 35–49 year olds prescribed it.     * when the records were stratified by age, 18–64 year olds prescribed the drug were more than twice as likely to develop either condition than those who hadn't been prescribed gabapentin; the risks of dementia more than doubled and those of MCI more than tripled among 35–49 year olds prescribed it.
  
gabapentin.txt · Last modified: 2026/01/18 12:41 by gary1

Donate Powered by PHP Valid HTML5 Valid CSS Driven by DokuWiki