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My cat's in pain after a fight. Is Gabapentin right for his injuries?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Maine Coon | Male | 4 years and 10 months old | 10 lbs

CARESHARE Is 1 ml enough for my 5 yr old 10 lb cat for pain relief? He was involved in a cat fight and sustained superficial Injuries but I can tell he is hurting a little. Sorry, I thought I put the name of the medication. It's Gabapentin. It was given to me by my vet to decrease my cat's anxiety when taking him to checkups.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on July 22nd, 2019

Gabapentin will not have any effect on this type of pain, it's a special medication for very specific types of pains, usually chronic neurological pain, it won't have any pain relief effect in this case.

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