Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An oral anticonvulsant chemically related to gamma-aminobutyric acid, C9H17NO2, used primarily in the treatment of focal seizures and neuralgia, especially after infection with herpes zoster.
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- noun medicine A
medication , originally used for the treatment ofepilepsy but now used to relievepain .
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- noun an anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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XenoPort said the companies are discussing the next steps in development of the drug, which is formally called gabapentin enacarbil.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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~ Gabapentin Shown Effective For Fibromyalgia Pain -- "New research supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases NIAMS shows that the anticonvulsant medication gabapentin, which is used for certain types of seizures, can be an effective treatment for the pain and other symptoms associated with the common, often hard-to-treat chronic pain disorder, fibromyalgia."
Speedlinking 6/14/07 William Harryman 2007
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What probably has XenoPort shareholders so irked is the fact that this drug seemed like a shoe-in; it's been on the market for years in generic form under the name gabapentin and prior to that was marketed by PFE).
Minyanville 2010
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Dr. Harry Pollett, a pain specialist in North Sydney, N.S., calls gabapentin a so-so drug with potentially serious side-effects for patients.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010
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Neurontin, also known by its generic name gabapentin, is approved for use in Canada and the United States to help control epileptic seizures.
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DM-1796 is an Acuform version of gabapentin, which is an FDA-approved immediate release pharmaceutical for the treatment of partial epilepsy and management of postherpetic neuralgia PHN.
Depomed Posts Positive Earnings With Strong 2011 Outlook -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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DM-1796 is an Acuform version of gabapentin, which is an
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GSK and XenoPort are developing a compound called gabapentin enacarbil for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with shingles.
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(NASDAQ: AEZS, TSX: AEZ), ( "the Company") a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, trial demonstrating DM-1796 (also referred to as gabapentin ER) achieved
WN.com - Articles related to Malaria drug shortage hits city 2009
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If the pain does not respond to amitriptyline an alternative medicine called gabapentin can be used.
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