I was given Gabapentin AFTER my back surgery in 2019, to ease and speed nerve damage done in my legs from my back problem... First I took it 3 times a day and then last year it was reduced to twice a day, and just last month I stopped it when my RX ran out..... It might have helped, I'm not sure, cant tell if it was simply just the healing process that reduced the nerve pain ? Nonetheless, I had NO side effects from taking it, and I was taking it in combo with 7 other meds for various other things. .