Dan Allen was diagnosed three years ago with a mysterious neurological disorder that put him in a wheelchair, suffering from headaches, nausea, dizziness and memory loss. Among other medications, the former Holy Cross football coach was given Neurontin, an epilepsy treatment widely prescribed for everything from pain relief to insomnia to depression. But Allen's widow, Laura, 49, uses different words to describe Neurontin: ``It was snake oil,'' she said yesterday in an exclusive interview with the Herald. Allen will appear as a named complainant in a proposed class-action suit against Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of Neurontin, the Herald has learned....
