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Two adults in my household have been addicted to pain medications and are now on a a med called Seboxin (spelling?) to help them fight their addiction. But a large amount of my 800mg Gabapentin "disappeared" from my room, leaving me without my medication for a 3-week period before I could get more. So, can Gabapentin be used in an abusive way? Evidently so, because someone stole mine and ate it by the handfuls. And they left me with severe nerve pain in the meantime.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoNo drug is "safe" in the sense that you can take as much of it as you want as often as you want and it can't possibly hurt you in any way.
Some common side effects of gabapentin include dizziness, fatigue, weight gain, drowsiness, and peripheral edema. Hepatotoxicity (liver damage) is rarer but has been seen in some cases. There's also a warning of potential "suicidal thoughts" in patients taking gabapentin; this is pretty common for anticonvulsants.
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∙ 12y agoNo, gabapentin is not exactly a pain medication. Gabapentin is essentially a nerve blocker.
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