Table 3.

Summary of the different studies on oral gabapentin use in horses.

Medical Condition	Therapeutic Regimen	Clinical Endpoint	Outcome	Study Type	Reference
Neuropathic pain following colic surgery	An amount of 2.5 mg/kg every 8 h for six days	Managing chronic neuropathic pain	Beneficial	Case report (n = 1)	[45]
Healthy	An amount of 20 mg/kg, single dose	To assess cardiovascular, sedative and behavioral effects	Nonbeneficial	Randomized, cross-over trial (n = 6)	[92]
Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy	An amount of 5 mg/kg every 12 h for 10 weeks as adjunctive therapy	Reducing the violent head shaking	Beneficial	Case report (n = 1)	[44]
Chronic lameness	An amount of 5–10 mg/kg every 8 h for 14 days	Managing chronic pain	Nonbeneficial	Randomized, cross-over, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial (n = 6)	[91]
Chronic lameness	An amount of 20 mg/kg every 12 h for 6.5 days	Managing chronic pain	Potentially beneficial if associated with firocoxib (57 mg/day)	Randomized, cross-over, placebo-controlled, masked trial (n = 14)	[43]