How’s this for a catchy set of headlines?
The pain killer in question is GABAPENTIN.
Used for nerve pain and indeed brother to PREGABALIN, these days used as an alternative to valium/benzodiazapine, which we discussed last year:
https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/out-of-the-drug-frying-pan-into-the-fire/
These headlines were based on a recent study:
Note linking GABAPENTIN with DEMENTIA isn’t new:
But note the recent research is specifically about GABAPENTIN in patients with CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN.
So, let’s go back to our basics on medication and remember some medications cause issues directly.
A good example is a BISPHOSPHONATE for fragile bones.
But many drug side effects are a 2 step process with nutritional depletion as the consequence of the drug, but it is interruption of the metabolic pathway that is causing the symptoms, not the drug per se.
A good example here is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) for reducing stomach acid, so you get less nutrients absorbed and thus an increased risk of DEMENTIA.
And the link there MAY BE via loss of B12 and folate, leading to an increase in HOMOCYSTEINE.
The image above is from our ever useful DRUG NUTRIENT DEPLETION cheat sheet (see attached).
Let’s check it for GABAPENTIN:
Oops, same again, B12 and FOLATE.
And if you do not have those two, you get a build up of HOMOCYSTEINE.
Here is a simplified METHYLATION pathway:
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