Gabapentin was approved for epilepsy. It is still used to control some types of seizures. It is also approved for shingles pain.
Here is an article listing the off label use of it for other non-approved conditions:
http://www.amcp.org/data/jmcp/Contem...ct-559-568.pdf
It was illegally promoted by sales reps (Pfizer was fined millions for this) to help with Bipolar disorder off label. It failed at this and that situation is over.
Here is an old paper illustrating that:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12781355
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