A drug called Gabapentin is becoming more prevalent these days as an alternative drug of abuse, now that U.S. authorities are taking even bigger steps to fight the ongoing opioid epidemic.
According to the Associated Press, Gabapentin, which a non-opioid generic drug that’s been around since 1993, was the ninth most frequently prescribed medication in the United States in 2017. The drug is typically prescribed to patients as a “low risk” treatment for nerve pain, seizures, and related illnesses, but its increasing popularity appears to have little to do with its traditional usage. Instead, it is now being prescribed by doctors as an alternative to opioid painkillers, and reportedly being abused in a similar fashion to opioids such as Vicodin and Oxycontin.
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