GABAPENTIN

Course overview

GABAPENTIN IS AN ANTICONVULSIVE MEDICATION THAT ORIGINALLY SAW USE AS A MUSCLE RELAXER AND ANTI-SPASMODIC MEDICATION, BUT LATER IT WAS DISCOVERED IT HAD THE POTENTIAL OF THE MEDICATION AS ANTICONVULSIVE MEDICATION AND AS AN ADJUNCT TO MORE POTENT ANTICONVULSANTS. IT IS ALSO USEFUL IN CERTAIN TYPES OF NEURAL PAIN CONTROL. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, DOSING, SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, MONITORING, AND TOXICITY OF GABAPENTIN AND INCREASES PRACTITIONERS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH THIS MEDICATION AND ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN HOW TO MONITOR IT TO DRIVE BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES.