Gabapentin is more for nerve pain than other pain. I've never taken it alone. It's always been with pain meds. There was a time I stopped for about a year because it didn't seem to help the nerve pain. I found out it really was because the nerve pain came back with a vengeance. I was hospitalized for 3 days for pain control in my legs. They warn against taking Gabapentin and hydrocodone together and that's why I only take it at night and never together. I take them about 3-4 hours apart.