What does gabapentin do for you is it just a muscle relaxer?
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- 14 May 2011 by tonylo
- Updated
- 7 Nov 2017
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- gabapentin, muscle
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Hey tonylo,
Gabapentin is not a muscle relaxer. The mechanism by which Gabapentin exerts its analgesic action is unknown, but in animal models of analgesia, Gabapentin prevents allodynia (pain-related behavior in response to a normally innocuous stimulus) and hyperalgesia (exaggerated response to painful stimuli). It is more for pain caused by neuropathy or nerve pain.
Hope this helps,
Laurie

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