Gabapentin
Active Ingredients
- Gabapentin
Manufacturers
- Actavis Elizabeth Llc
- Depomed Inc
- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Neurontin.
Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Gabapentin Side Effects
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Overall Alarm |
Reports | % of Reports |
Alarm | Reports | % of Reports |
Alarm |
* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Gabapentin
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Constipation, Weight increased, Appetite disorder
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 1, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Poofy hands, poofy tummy. Most certainly water weight and gas from constipation. Sometimes "trippy" feeling. Relaxes me. Weight gain, but I was also on Remeron, and I was eating all nig...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 31, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: I was on lyrica at first but was too expensive. So my dr put me on neurontin. It has helped me with the nerve pain. I was in a car wreck back in 1994. As yrs went by started having prob...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Sleep disorder, Anxiety, Disturbance in attention, Somnolence, Heart rate abnormal
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 25, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Groggy, fuzzy thoughts, dark thoughts, heart pounding, could not sleep when I stopped the drug, anxiety, could not put my words together, lose train of thought before speaking ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 25, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Lost money, jobs,divorce, alcohol abuse,and spending sprees ”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Headache, Swelling
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: swelling of hands and backalso and balancingsome headaches ”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Feeling cold, Fatigue, Malaise, Chills, Anxiety, Drug ineffective, Influenza like illness
Posted By AMKaloha in fdb.rxlist.com on March 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“egan taking 300 mg 2x a day. After 4 days I felt like I had the flu -- cold feeling/chills, inner anxious feeling, extreme fatigue and general malaise. Stopped taking it. Went to doctor a week l...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Alopecia, Weight decreased
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 21, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: After reading side effects from others I now understand my hair loss and extreme weight loss. I thought something was wrong with me. Works well, but I've lost so much weight. ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Fatigue, Chills, Abdominal pain upper, Dyspnoea, Influenza like illness, Thinking abnormal, Vision blurred, Fear
Posted By gsgrace in fdb.rxlist.com on March 18, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... difficulty breathing, horrible fatigue, fear, and difficulty thinking clearly. I thought I had a bad virus! I have had stomach aches, and migraines, been completely unable to stay awake, and now I f...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Weight increased
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 15, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: I have gained 50 pounds in 8 months can't lose the weight ”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Burning sensation, Hypoaesthesia, Sensation of heaviness
Posted By CallBob in fdb.rxlist.com on March 14, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“urning Stinging in feet and hands . Taken 2 hours B 4 symptoms occur , it helps keep them to numb/heavy feeling .This is at 300mg oral pill .Now considering going higher as the pain is more frequent ...”
Additional Drug Information
* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.
* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Gabapentin
Amnesia
“short-term memory loss
pros>
Gabapentin's side effects deters use.
Gabapentin (generic for Neurontin) can be used for nerve pain, commonly referred to as neuropathy. Neuropathy c...”
Source: neurontin-gabapentin-review-454b0
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Did the author experience amnesia while taking gabapentin?
What is this?Dizziness
“dizziness , drowsiness
helps relieve pain, covered by insurance, sleep better
Neurontin has made me life less painful!!!
Neurontin
(Generic Name ~ Gabapentin)
Two years ago, I...”
Source: neurontin-gabapentin-review-15231
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What is this?Constipation
“... common side effects of Neurontin are dizziness and drowsiness. Some patients may experience nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, lack of coordination, dry mouth, diarrhea, constipation , weight gain, and ...”
Source: neurontin-gabapentin-review-15231
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What is this?