October 1, 2009 — Researchers looking for new ways to treat refractory neuropathic pain suggest that combining gabapentin with nortriptyline may be beneficial. They propose that adding an ...

Combination treatment using gabapentin and nortriptyline reduces neuropathic pain more than either drug alone, and thus could be used in patients that only partially respond to one drug or the other.

Nortriptyline is a second-generation, tricyclic antidepressant marketed under various brand names, while gabapentin (Neurontin) is an antiepileptic. The two are first-line drugs for neuropathic ...

29 (HealthDay News) -- People with nerve pain respond better to a combination treatment using the anticonvulsant gabapentin and antidepressant nortriptyline than to treatment with either drug ...