Authored by Kimberly Drake via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

What do hot flashes, back pain, and insomnia have in common? Increasingly, they all lead to the same prescription: gabapentin.

The anti-seizure medication has quietly become the fifth most prescribed drug in the U.S., not because seizure disorders are skyrocketing, but because doctors are writing millions of prescriptions for uses the FDA never approved.

Now, as concerns mount about dependency and long-term cognitive risks, experts are questioning whether the medication warrants closer scrutiny.