Tag: Medical myth

Hollywood has long popularized the idea of a fast-acting 'sleeping gas' that instantly incapacitates victims. In reality, the concept of a universally effective, safe, and quickly deployable "sleeping gas" is fiction. Medical science instead uses carefully controlled inhaled anesthetics, so what is sleeping gas called in the real world?

Chronic neuropathic pain affects millions, and for many, gabapentin is a prescribed solution. However, a common question arises regarding this medication: **Does gabapentin heal nerves or just mask pain?** The simple and medically accurate answer is that gabapentin primarily serves to manage pain symptoms by modulating nerve signals, rather than repairing the underlying nerve damage.