Compulsive gabapentin abuse despite lack of desirable effects: A case report

ABSTRACT

Gabapentin is a federally non-scheduled anticonvulsant used in clinical practice for several neuropsychiatric conditions. Reports of abuse and descriptions of desirable effects experienced by users are frequent in the literature. The following case reports a patient with compulsive gabapentin abuse despite a lack of previously described desirable effects.

KEYWORDS:

• Compulsive behavior
• gabapentin
• overdose
• substance abuse