Gabapentin

How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on how much you’ve taken, your size and what other drugs you may have also taken.

How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on how much you’ve taken, your size, whether you’ve eaten and what other drugs you may have also taken.

Gabapentin is manufactured as either white, yellow or orange capsules and tablets.

It is a prescription-only medicine used to treat epilepsy and neuropathic pain – which is the result of damage to nerve tissue which can produce a burning, shooting or scalding feeling.

Gabapentin available via the illegal drugs market in the UK may have been diverted from a hospital or pharmacy, or from people who have been prescribed them.

Gabapentin capsules and tablets are normally swallowed, but there have been reports of the powder from gabapentin capsules being snorted.

It is recommended that prescribed gabapentin use is not stopped abruptly as it may cause anxiety, insomnia, nausea, pain and sweating.

Withdrawal symptoms, reported when gabapentin use was stopped abruptly include anxiety, disturbed sleep, nausea, pain and sweating.

Like drink-driving, driving when high is dangerous and illegal. If you’re caught driving under the influence, you may receive a heavy fine, driving ban, or prison sentence.

If the police catch people supplying illegal drugs in a home, club, bar or hostel, they can potentially prosecute the landlord, club owner or any other person concerned in the management of the premises.

• This is a Class C drug, which means it's illegal to have for yourself, give away or sell.
• Possession can get you up to 2 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.
• Supplying someone else, even your friends, can get you up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.

Gabapentin is a prescription-only medicine and can only be prescribed following a consultation with a doctor.

Like drink-driving, driving when high is dangerous and illegal. If you’re caught driving under the influence, you may receive a heavy fine, driving ban, or prison sentence.

If the police catch people supplying illegal drugs in a home, club, bar or hostel, they can potentially prosecute the landlord, club owner or any other person concerned in the management of the premises.