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Gaba vs Gabapentin - What's the difference?

gaba | gabapentin |

As nouns the difference between gaba and gabapentin

is that gaba is while gabapentin is (medicine) a medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.

gaba

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • gamma-aminobutyric acid
  • * 2001': [Valium] was followed by many imitators, all sharing the same pharmacological mechanism, which is to enhance the actions of the key inhibitory brain chemical messenger '''GABA . — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 58)

    • Derived terms

    * GABAergic

    gabapentin

    English

    (wikipedia gabapentin)

    Noun

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  • (medicine) A medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.
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