INDICATIONS:
Its main indications are for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain and epilepsy.

Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: Neuropathic pain is the pain due to diseases involving the nervous system. Variety of different diseases such as diabetes, shingles, nerve injury and other diseases affecting  nervous system cause it. GABA Capsule is effective in various types of peripheral neuropathic pain.
GABA Capsule is recommended in peripheral neuropathic pain of peripheral diabetic neuropathies, trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia (shingles).

Epilepsy: GABA Capsule is used to treat  various forms of epilepsy. It is effective as adjunctive therapy with other anti-epileptic drugs in patients who have shown no or poor response in achieving seizure control.GABA Capsule is effective in controlling both simple and complex partial seizures with or without secondarily generalized tonic clonicseizures in adults and adolescent aged 12 years and above.

DOSAGE AND DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
Adults & children over 12 years: Usual effective dose: 900-800 mg/day in 2-3 divided doses. Care should be taken to avoid a period of more than 12 hours between two doses. In certain patients, such as elderly patients, it may be preferable to titrate the dose up to an effective level. A suggested schedule is to start with 100mg at night and increase with 100 mg per day up to 600 mg in 2-3 divided doses. Further increase can be made depending on patients response.

Pediatric use: Safety and effectiveness of Gabapentin in children under 12 years have not been established. However, physicians can decide to prescribe, taking into account the necessity and safety issues.

Elderly: When prescribing Gabapentin to elderly patients (>65 years), careful monitoring should be carried out for adverse events. Older patient may require dosage adjustment depending on their baseline renal functions (creatinine clearance).
Compromised renal function: Patients with impaired renal function should be prescribed with caution depending upon the state of their creatinine clearance as elimination of Gabapentin is decreased in patients with impaired  renal function.

SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS:
benefits to the patient justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
Usage in Nursing Mothers: In nursing mother, decision of continuing Gabapentin should be made taking into account the importance of the  drug to the mother.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Store below 30 C .Protect from heat, light and moisture. Keep out of the reach of children.

PRESENTATION:
GABA Capsules 100 mg is available in blister pack of 10’sx2. Usage in Pregnancy: This drug should be used in pregnancy only if the potential

Manufacturer's
Nabiqasim Industries (PVT) LTD,Pakistan