Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Liquid
- Sold as
- Gaba
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every gamma-aminobutyric acid product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Gaba.
What people report to the FDA about gamma-aminobutyric acid
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 120 reports naming gamma-aminobutyric acid, and the FDA flagged 63% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- seizure19 reports
- metal poisoning16 reports
- fatigue14 reports
- nausea13 reports
- headache9 reports
- dizziness8 reports
- weight increased8 reports
- anxiety7 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean gamma-aminobutyric acid caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take gamma-aminobutyric acid with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run gamma-aminobutyric acid against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does gamma-aminobutyric acid come in?
Across the brands we track, gamma-aminobutyric acid is currently marketed as liquid, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic gamma-aminobutyric acid?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled gamma-aminobutyric acid product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/gamma-aminobutyric-acid
- MLA
- “Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/gamma-aminobutyric-acid.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for gamma-aminobutyric acid on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.