this is a drug mainlt perscribed for it's anti_seziour proberty's. GABBApentin is the generic name, is has many use's but is all depends on you'r personal brain and body chemistry TALK TO YOUR DOC! it may not agree with you
I take 900 mg a day for trigeminal neuralga. I tried taking 1200 mg a day but it made me feel sick. 900 works for me. I have no pain in the jaw and face now.
I take 600mg daily and sometimes it makes me feel sleepy/makes me sleep a lot. I take it for 2 minor sezuires [of sorts] I had in the past and nerve pain in my neck/head.
I have severe neuropathy & take gabapentin(neurontin) 800mg every 8 hours. Plus I take avinza 120mg 3 capsules every 12 hours & oxycontin 80m 2 tablets every 12 hours. I feel sleeply also, but I don't know if it's the neurontin or a combination of everything. If I can, I take a nap every afternoon, but I also don't get up or get going until 10-11 o'clock everyday. Starting on my forth year of not being able to work because of how the meds make me feel & the pain in my feet. Don't know if this helps, but the neurontin never made me feel druck or anything else I can think of.
i have has fybromyalgia since 1995.i have been on all kinds of pain meds.they work for awhile then they loose the ability to help with the pain.i have been on gabapentin 300mg i take 9 a day and i have the whole time.it helps with the pain and i am able to cary on with some of my daily life.i am now going to a pain clinic where the give injections of marcain and serapin.they also do eletroceutial treatments.i can now take my meds at 6 a day and i hope to be at 4 a day in a few weeks.it has been hard going but if i can stop all meds it will be worth it.are there any one going thru the same thing?
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Verwon Says:
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Saturday, 11/11/2006 6:04:37 AM
Yes, though Neurontin did not help me at all, I would love to be able to lower my med reliance, but right now I have no other options. There aren't anymore pain management places in our area, so seeing our family doc and the pain specialist they have there is my only remaining choice. I hate the drowsiness and the high feeling I get from narcotics and would gladly give them up if I could.
As to the high doses of Neurontin, that is why many doctors like it as a pain treatment, less side effects than regular analegesics and they can take the dosage up very, very high, without risk of overdose as it would take a tremendous amount to cause OD with this drug.
have read replys to my dissusion on neurontin or gabapentin.am still struggling with trying to lower my dosage.the pain doctors i am going to tell me that the dose that i had been taking for 2 years was a dangerous dosage.now they want me to take 1 capsule 3 times a day.i tried that for 3 days now i am having severe migrains and arm and leg pain.i have gone back to 6 a day on my own and i am improving.i know i am going to this pain clinic to get off this stuff but why are doctors so afraid of this medication.can it be all we hear in the media?what do some of you think about this?let me know.thanks alot for you input,faye
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Verwon Says:
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Sunday, 11/12/2006 11:21:06 AM
Well if you were on a really high dosage and they cut you down to an much lower one abruptly, then they made a big mistake. That can be very dangerous, your body does get dependent on anything you take like that for a long period of time and you will experience withdrawal effects, which explains your migraines and pain. On top of that, and abrupt stop can also cause seizures, if I were you, I would definitely find the drug information and print it out and hand it to your doctor before they make anymore decision on the dosage change. Some doctors don't really read up on a med, so they don't really know all the details.
This is the first time I have ever heard of doctors being afraid of using it. Most are quite enamored with the drug, since the dosage can be taken so high, without od problems to relieve someone's pain, and the fact that it has less side effects than narcotic and opiate alternatives.
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Verwon Says:
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Sunday, 11/12/2006 11:29:09 AM
Sorry, I wanted to add something else and forgot.
Recently, the original company that marketed Neurontin under the name brand proprietary patent (Pfizer) got in trouble, they were going around to doctors and touting it as being approved and effective to treat many conditions, when in actuality, the FDA had only approved it for treating Epileptic Seizures and nerve pain caused by Shingles.
Now, it is perfectly legal for a doctor to try a drug for off lable uses, and to learn about other uses from their experience prescribing it for patients, this is often how we discover great new uses for a drug, and why you doctor may give you a drug for a certain condition, but if you read the patient monograph about it, you won't see anything on there saying it is approved for that usage.
However, it is illegal for the drug company to tout the drug as being effective for other uses that have not been approved by the FDA. So Pfizer has been sanction and has to pay some serious finds over this issue.
Now, the reason I was bringing this up, is that means that the research has never been done yet to see what all conditions Neurotnin can be effect for, and how high of a dose is safe.
That could very well be the reason that doctors are showing new fear about the drug and worried about people on high doses of it. Since, as I said, most doctors take their knowledge from the reps of the drug company, and don't always have the time to sit down and read the exact details of the drug, they are now of course worried that the drug reps mislead them and some patients could be on a dangerous amount of the drug, or that it will not manage their pain as expected.
I hope that helps to explain why this new attitude might have arise.
Since I do respond to posts here and try to provide correct and accurate information for those seeking it, I try to read up on all new medical information, company sanctions, recalls, and etc. And I just read a recent article about this and the trouble that Pfizer has gotten into over their actions.
posted letter about my taking gabapentin for almost 3 years,and about having fibromyalgia since 1995.i took 9 a day all that time but i didn't like some of the side effects.have been going to a pain clinic,where they use injections and electrocucieal thearpy.down to 6 a day on meds.but i have news for all you other sufferes out there.went to new family practice doctor and she is going to send me to have test done at a neurologist and a new total blood work.started on prozac along with other meds.so anyone out there you might think of getting tested for leg pain and get some more blood work done.the doctor agrees with pain clinic and new meds to help with dealing with this chronic condition.SO,WE ARE NOT ALONE.there are doctors out there that really want to help,so keep searching till you find one.hang in there.there is still alot of good life to live.good luck to you all,faye
the drunk feeling is usually from to high of level you need to go and have dr.check your level and then it will be a positive not a negitive treatment.
I feel good off neuronton.i feel happy,socialable,just feel really good. because i have bipolar disorder.it makes me feel euphoria. i feel like myself.outgoing.,talkacitve! thank god for this drug!! i feel blissfull!!
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