What is GABATEVA and what is it used for?
• GABATEVA film tablets are available in packages of 50 tablets in white to pale white. Its active ingredient is gabapentin.
GABATEVA is used for the following reasons:
In the treatment of various types of epilepsy (carat), and in addition to the treatment available, unless otherwise specified
• painful diabetic neuropathy (mainly seen in diabetics, caused by damage to sensory and motor nerves), for the treatment of neuropathic pain after postherpetic neuralgia (long-term pain caused by damage to nerves as a result of ozone) and spinal cord injury (damage to nerves involved in the spinal cord)
What are the Side Effects?
Like all medicines, there may be side effects in people who are sensitive to substances contained in GABATEVA.
If any of the following happens, stop using GABATEVA’ and report it to your doctor immediatelyapply to the emergency department of the trail or the nearest hospital: you:
Serious skin rash
• Bleeding in the lips, eyes, nose, mouth and genital areas are all very serious side effects.
If one of them is available to you, you have a serious allergy to GABATEVA’. You may need immediate medical attention or hospitalization.
All of these very serious side effects are quite rare.
If you notice any of the following, tell your doctor immediately or refer to the emergency department of the hospital closest to you.
Unexplained bruising/bleeding
• hallucination (sanar)
Movement disorders(completion of breathing, double vision, abnormal eye movements)
Tinnitus
Palpitations, abdominal pain
Pancreatitis,
Hepatitis, jaundice
Acute renal failure
• Reactions to the discontinuation of the drug (anxiety, insomnia, nausea, pain, sweating), chest pain
• fluctuation in blood glucose levels in diabetic patients, elevation in liver function tests
These are all serious side effects. Urgent medical intervention may be required. Serious side effects are rare.
If you notice any of the following, tell your doctor:
Very common effects
Viral infections
• weakness, dizziness, tendency to sleep (somnolans), ataxia
Feeling of fatigue, fever
Common effects:
• pneumonia, respiratory infection, urinary tract infection, otitis media
• leukopenia, decrease in white blood cell count
• hyperglycemia
• iberality, appetite increases
• Otherwise behaviors, confusion and emotional variability, depression, anxiety, irritability, abnormal thinking,
• dizziness, headache, amnesia, convulsions, dysarthria, insomnia, paresthesia, hypesthesia, impaired coordination, increased reflexes, decreased or lost reflexes
• visual disturbances, blurred vision, inflammation of the eye membrane (conjunctivitis), tremor of the eye (nistagmus)
• Peripheral edema, vasodilation, hypertension
• Shortness of breath (dispnea), bronchitis, pharyngitis, cough, rhinitis
• Vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight gain, dyspepsia, constipation, dry mouth and throat, abnormality in the teeth, gingivitis (jinjivitis)
• rash (prurite), fluff and rash, acne, percentage edema
• tritemor, weakness, aggressive behavior in children under 12 years of age and excessive, partially uncontrolled movements (hyperkinesia), arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, pain, weakness back pain, back pain,
• Difficulty in becoming an erection or maintaining an erection (impotens), incapacity to hold urine
• abnormality in urination, influenza syndrome, asthenia, malaise
• bruised injury, fracture, wounding
‘Buns are mild side effects of GABATEVA’’.
How is GABATEVA Used?
Epilepsy
Children 6 years and over
The starting dose of gabapentin is 10-15 mg/kg/day’.The effective dose of gabapentin in children 6 years and older is 25-35 mg/kg/day’. Gabapentin should be given three times a day (morning, noon and evening) divided into three equal doses. The maximum time interval between doses should not exceed 12 hours.
Adults 12 years and older
The effective dose of gabapentin’ is 900 3600 mg per day.
Not recommended by the doctor in any other way;
Initial and maintenance dose
The starting dose of Gabapentin’ is between 300 600 mg per day. The dose is gradually increased in the first three days, reaching from 300 mg’ to 900 mg’ per day.
A single GABATEVA 600 mg Film Tablet three times to reach a dose of 1800 mg’ per day when higher daily doses are needed, or it is recommended to take a single GABATEVA 2400 mg Film Tablet three times to reach a dose of 800 mg’ per day. The total daily dose can be increased to a maximum of 3600 mg’.
The total daily dose should be administered in three doses (e.g., morning, noon and evening). In order to prevent new seizures, the maximum time interval between doses should not exceed 12 hours.
Neuropathic pain: In adults
The starting dose is 900 mg’, divided into three equal doses per day. When necessary, the dose can be increased to a maximum of 3600 mg’ per day.
The total daily dose should be administered in three doses (e.g., morning, noon and evening). In order to prevent new seizures, the maximum time interval between doses should not exceed 12 hours.
In clinical studies, the efficacy and safety of Gabapentin’ in the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain such as postherpetic neuralgia has not been studied for more than 5 months, in the case of longer-term treatment, the clinical condition of the patient should be evaluated by the doctor and determine whether additional treatment is needed.
In some patients with a history of psychotic illness and rarely not, caution is recommended as psychotic seizures are reported with the initiation of gabapentin therapy. With the cessation of gabapentin or the reduction of dose, most of these events have disappeared.
GABATEVA is for oral use only and should be ingested with sufficient amounts of fluids (for example, a glass of water), regardless of food.
Use in children (< 6 years old):
In this group of patients, efficacy and reliability have not yet been evaluated. GABATEVA should not be used in children under 6 years of age.
Use in the elderly (> 65 years old):
If renal function is not impaired, dose adjustment is not required and adequate daily dose may be taken; in cases where it is impaired, the posology should be adjusted as described below.
Special Use Cases
Renal failure:
In patients with renal insufficiency, reduced dose is recommended. Dose reduction, discontinuation or replacement with an alternative anticonvulsant drug should be done gradually, spreading over at least one week.
The dose of GABATEVA’ is regulated by your doctor according to the severity of the disease in cases of renal failure.
Liver failure:
It has no special use.
If you have an impression that the effect of GABATEVA’ is very strong or weak, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
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What to Do in case of Overdose?
If you swallow more than GABATEVA’, contact the emergency department of the hospital closest to you or your doctor immediately. Symptoms of overdose include: Dizziness, double vision, swallowing words while speaking, lethargy, indifference to environmental stimuli, and mild isha1.
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What to Do in case of Overdose?
What Should I Do When I Forget to Use GABATEVA?
If you have forgotten to take the single tablet and it is not close to the time to take the next tablet, take it as soon as you remember. Take the remaining doses at the right time.
Do not take double doses to offset forgotten doses.
Post Treatment For Those Using GABATEVA
Do not suddenly stop taking your tablets as your seizures may recur. Always consult your doctor first. If necessary, your doctor will gradually reduce the dose over a period of time.
Things to consider before using GABATEVA
GABATEVA Who Shouldn't Use It?
If you are allergic to gabapentin or auxiliary substances in the content of the drug (hypersensitivity)
If you have a beginner, sudden pancreatic inflammation
What Should GABATEVA Users Pay Attention to?
If you have kidney disease
If you have had serious mental illness
If you have had mixed epilepsy seizures with absence seizure from epilepsy types
Has a history of psychotic illness
If you are taking medications to treat depression
If you are using any of the following, CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Since antacids (used to treat indigestion) can reduce the effect of gabapentin, it is recommended to use gabapentin about 2 hours after taking an antacid.
Gabapentin may reduce the effects of oral contraceptives (birth control pills) when used in conjunction with other epilepsy drugs.
If these warnings apply to you, even at any time in the past, please consult your doctor.
Food and Beverage Consumption with GABATEVA
What are the foods and drinks that are inconvenient to be consumed with the specified medication? What should we eat or not eat?
Food has no effect on the absorption and effect of gabapentin.
Is it Used During Pregnancy (Pregnancy) Period?
Consult your doctor and pharmacist before using the medicine.
Since clinical studies in pregnant women are limited, the reliability of their use in pregnancy has not yet been established.
Gabapentin should be used in pregnant women when the benefit of the drug to the mother exceeds the potential risk to the fetus.
If you notice that you are pregnant during your treatment, consult your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Can it be Used During Breastfeeding?
Consult your doctor and pharmacist before using the medicine.
Gabapentin is passed into breast milk in humans. Since the effect of gabapentin on infants receiving breast milk is unknown, the use of Gabapentin should be avoided during breastfeeding.
Vehicle and machinery use
Gabapentin has a small or moderate impact on vehicle and machine use. Because it acts on the central nervous system, it can cause drowsiness, dizziness, or similar symptoms, and this can be dangerous for vehicle and machine users.
Vehicle and machinery use
What is GABATEVA Active Ingredient?
GABATEVA contains hydrogenated soybean oil. If you are allergic to peanuts or soy, do not use this medicinal product.
Is It Used With Other Drugs?
No interaction between phenytoin, valproic acid, carbamazepine, and phenobarbital and gabapentin was observed in the studies.
Gabapentin does not impair the effect of oral contraceptives (birth control pills) containing norethindiron and/or ethinyl estradiol.
Its combined use with cimetidine produces a slight decrease in the renal excretion of Gabapentin, which is not clinically significant. No change in renal excretion was observed in its use with Probenecid.
Do not use gabapentin together with herbal products such as valerian, yellow cantarone, kava pepper, gotu kola and primrose.
• combined use with alcohol may exacerbate some of the side effects (somnolans) of gabapentin related to nervous system. Do not use it simultaneously.
• Do not use GABATEVA within two hours after the use of stomach acid remover drug (antiacid) due to indigestion or heartburn. This can affect the mechanism of action of GABATEVA’.
• gabapentin may affect some laboratory tests. If a urine test is required, it should be noted that gabapentin is used.
If you are currently taking any prescription or over-the-counter medications or have recently used them, please tell your doctor or pharmacist about them.