{"id":1049,"date":"2025-07-11T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:28:38","slug":"common-pain-medication-linked-to-cognitive-decline-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/common-pain-medication-linked-to-cognitive-decline-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Pain Medication Linked to Cognitive Decline Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/gabapentine-cognitive-decline-29439\/\" title=\"Common Pain Medication Linked to Cognitive Decline Risk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1155\" height=\"770\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"This shows a brain and pill bottle.\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 5px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gabapentine-cognitive-decline-neuroscience-1155x770-1.jpg\"><\/a>A large U.S. medical records study has found that adults prescribed gabapentin six or more times for chronic low back pain face significantly higher risks of dementia (29%) and mild cognitive impairment (85%) within 10 years. The risks were especially pronounced in younger adults aged 35\u201364, where rates of cognitive decline more than doubled or tripled compared to those not on the drug. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large U.S. medical records study has found that adults prescribed gabapentin six or more times for chronic low back pain face significantly higher risks of dementia (29%) and mild cognitive impairment (85%) within 10 years. The risks were especially pronounced in younger adults aged 35\u201364, where rates of cognitive decline more than doubled or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}