Common back-pain drug may be linked to higher dementia risk, large study finds

Their finding was sobering: Adults who received six or more gabapentin prescriptions were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) within 10 years.

The risk wasn’t limited to older adults. In fact, it was younger Americans who saw the most dramatic increases.

Younger adults saw shocking risk increases
For people normally considered decades away from dementia:

Ages 35–49 taking gabapentin had more than double the risk of dementia.