Public health officials say the nerve pain medication gabapentin is being found in an increasing number of overdose deaths, according to CBS News. <\/p>\n
Gabapentin is a non-narcotic drug used to treat seizures and pain associated with shingles. Doctors have been prescribing it for a growing number of other conditions, as a way to offer pain relief without opioids. A study published last year found that for people who use heroin, the combination of opioids with gabapentin potentially increases the risk of overdose death. <\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we now need to worry about it because people are abusing it,\u201d Dr. James Patrick Murphy, a pain and addiction specialist in Kentucky, told the Louisville Courier-Journal. \u201cAlone, it\u2019s not something that will stop your breathing or your heart,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if you take it along with a drug like heroin or fentanyl, together it might be enough to make you stop breathing and put you over the edge.\u201d <\/p>\n
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