What is the deal with this medication?
Isn't this the same medication that was marketed to psychiatrists as an off label cure for mood disorders, particuarly bipolar disorder...when there were no studies to prove it?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...in-cover_x.htm

In addition, my doc had me take it for a few weeks to see if it helped my migraines. Guess what? No help there. All I got was a lot of weight gain!

Over the years and through the grapevine (not woods..LOL!) I have heard that some folks get some help with nerve issues with this medication. I am baffled as to why it is seems to be marketed so heavily. Maybe not enough people are getting good results or its use is limited....and they are trying to get more out of it. Bottom line, if it works for some, that's a good thing. But, to suggest it to folks w/o studies or for those who it might harm...that's another. I wave a "red flag" when I see talk of Neurontin.