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.

Gabapentin, which is used to treat seizures, nerve pain and restless leg syndrome might be linked with increased risk of ...

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 ...

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

An extremely popular nerve pain drug commonly given to those suffering from low-back issues has been linked to impaired ...

The pill manufactured by Pfizer-typically taken three times a day-was approved on the NHS in the early 1990s to treat nerve pain and epilepsy.

Unfortunately, an unwanted effect of antipsychotics is weight gain. Sometimes, people with schizophrenia are given medications alongside antipsychotics (‘add-on’ medications) to prevent this ...

A safe and affordable treatment to slow the advancement of Parkinson's dementia has emerged – in the form of a commonly ...

Thus, studies assessing mid-life PA and old-age dementia diagnoses with a follow-up of at least 20 years are needed to confirm whether PA is a modifiable protective lifestyle factor of dementia. This ...

The UK's health regulator is investigating Ozempic and Mounjaro after linking the drugs to hundreds of severe illnesses and deaths.

Sometimes, people with schizophrenia are given medications alongside antipsychotics (‘add-on’ medications) to prevent this additional weight gain. These add-on medications may stop people feeling ...

A research team has made a significant finding that sheds new light on dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). The team was led by Associate Professor Ayako Okado-Matsumoto from the Department of Biology ...