GABAPLUS

Generic Name: Gabapentin  Cap. 100mg & 300mg

Packing: 1 x 10

Registration # 35664

Description

Each capsule contains:
Gabapentin (U.S.P.) …………..100 mg
Product Complies (U.S.P.) Specs.
Each capsule contains:
Gabapentin (U.S.P.) …………..300 mg
Product Complies (U.S.P.) Specs.

Uses / Indications

There are many evolving indications of gabapentin under trial. Its main indications are for the treatmentof neuropathic pain and epilepsy.
1) Neuropathic pain: Neuropathic pain is pain due to diseases involving the nervous system. Varietyof different diseases such as diabetes, shingles, nerve injury and other diseases affecting nervoussystem cause it. Gabapentin is effective in various types of neuropathic pain.
Gabapentin is recommended in neuropathic pain of:
a) Peripheral Diabetic Neuropathy,
b) Trigeminal Neuralgia,
c) Post Herpetic Neuralgia (Shingles)
2) Epilepsy: Gabapentin is used to treat various forms of epilepsy. It is effective as adjunctive therapywith other anti-epileptic drugs in patients who have shown no or poor response in achieving seizure control. Gabapentin is effective in controlling both simple and complex partial seizures with or withoutsecondarily generalized tonic clonic seizures.
Gabapentin studies are in progress to establish its efficacy in the treatment of, Restless leg syndrome, Depression, Maniac disorders, Unspecified Headache and Migraine.