A widely prescribed pain medication, gabapentin — often recommended as a safer alternative to opioids for individuals ...

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

A commonly prescribed pain medication—gabapentin—often considered a safer alternative to opioids for those who suffer from ...

New research shows adults aged 35 to 64 prescribed gabapentin for chronic pain are twice as likely to develop dementia and ...

The anti-seizure drug is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves.

Research shows that patients with six or more prescriptions for gabapentin, commonly used to treat lower back pain, were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be ...

A large U.S. medical records study has found that adults prescribed gabapentin six or more times for chronic low back pain ...

Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks ...

A new study has shown that pain in people with dementia when admitted to hospital is underreported, which leads to symptoms worsening.. Pain is commonly under-detected and under-treated in people with ...

AIDS dementia complex is caused by the HIV virus itself, not by the opportunistic infections that commonly occur in advanced HIV. We do not know exactly how the virus damages brain cells. HIV may ...