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goobster · 1839 days ago · link · · parent · post: The 11th Most Prescribed Drug in the US Has Almost No Documented Efficacy
My dog is on Gabapentin, two pills a day, to manage the pain of her arthritis and spondylosis. With it, she can get up, go for walks, and be a normal old dog, with the usual stiffness/slowness of old age. Without it, she can't stand, and just lays there panting all day from the pain. There was a point where she was on it, and we weaned her off of it and back on to her normal food routine, and she returned to her uncomfortable life. We then put her back on it, and within a day she was back to being a happy dog. So, while Gabapentin may be over-prescribed for pain, I have demonstrable evidence it works. In dogs, at least...