Gabawal 100mg Tablet is a medicine used to relieve the pain caused by nerve damage (neuropathic pain) due to various conditions like diabetes, shingles (herpes zoster infection), spinal cord injury, etc. It is also used to treat certain types of seizures (fits) in combination with other medicines. It belongs to the anti-epileptic group of medicines. You may take it with or without food, but it is important to take this medicine at the same time each day to get the most benefit. The exact dose and duration of treatment will depend on your condition and how you respond to it.
Uses
- Neuropathic pain
- Epilepsy/Seizures
- Anxiety disorder
- Seizures
How Gabawal Tablet works
Gabawal 100mg Tablet is an antiepileptic medication. When given for epilepsy, it is believed to work by reducing the abnormal electrical activity in the brain, thus preventing seizures. It is also used to treat nerve pain where it blocks pain by interfering with pain signals traveling through the damaged nerves and the brain.
Side effects
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Sleepiness
- Decreased white blood cell count
- Viral infection
- Dizziness
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory tract infection
- Urinary tract infection
- Otitis media (infection of ear)
- Decreased appetite
- Increased appetite
- Abnormality of voluntary movements
- Visual disturbance
- Vertigo
- Facial swelling
- Joint pain
- Muscle pain
- Impotence
