question: My husband has been taking tylenol-codeine for back pain, NY state won t allow a primary physician to prescribe narcotics anymore, so our doctor prescribed gabapentin for his pain. We ve read that gabapentin is prescribed for seizures, is pain relief an appropriate use for gabapentin? It seems odd that my husband should take a medication 3 times a day when he only occaisionally needed to take the tylenol& codeine.