NEURONTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)

Average Rating: 2.9 (919 Ratings)

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NEURONTIN  (GABAPENTIN):  Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug.   FDA Approval Date: 1993-12-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Epilepsy stroke neuropathy More memory loss not from stroke, apathy, lethargy, suicidal ideation and two attempts I’ve been working with my neurologist for about a year trying to get off of the grasp this med has taken over me. This is the only med that I can’t get off of. I’m down to 400mg twice a day but I’ve been trying for a year. Don’t ever start taking this drug. I’ve had to add 2 more anti epileptic meds and I’m having more grand mal seizures weaning off. The manufacturers of Neurontin/Gabapentin should feel horrible for putting this dangerous med out to us. My physical health has declined solely because of it. My sexual arousal came back but can’t be regulated which is very embarrassing sometimes. I have constant tremors and feeling chills. Lost over 30lbs in the last 2 months weaning has been so difficult at the stage I’m currently experiencing. I’m only 35 and my drs and I decided this drug is doing more harm than good after being reliant on it for 10+ years now. I much rather have the painful polyneuropathy. Never agree to start Neurontin or good luck trying to get off it without suffering more! F 35 10 years
800 3X day
4/15/2018
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 5  Proctalgia fugax, bunion pain, ibs- Dry mouth, double vision I increased the dose to 300mg a day. I also take 195mg trimipramine and 5 mg amitriptyline. I have cfs/ME since having severe viral infection 3 decades ago. Constant urgency has been very distressing. Been on numerous gut meds but this helps the most. I notice I am calmer. Still anxious about travel in case the bowels go.hopefully this will lessen over time. I now have some control over when I go. If I take a couple of cups of tea I end up going to the loo. Prior to gabapentin I was going numerous times a day and had to be very careful about what I eat. I can also eat a bigger range of foods without having to run to the loo. M 51 10 months
100 3X day
11/16/2017
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 1  Diabetic nueropathy Every bad side effect listed dizzy restless suicidle unusual behavior I believe this drug is very dangerous and by the time you realize you are being affected by it it can mess up your whole life M 62 68 days
600 mg
11/15/2017
 3  Fibromyagia, other nerve pain When I first started gabapentin I would be extremely loopy, and have brain fog which subsided after about a month. Within the last 6 months to a year, I've become very forgetful, and agitated at the slightest things, depression and anxiety have also crept up. Loss of sex drive has been another issue. I feel this can be a beneficial drug for some, I think it shouldn't be used long term, because of the effects on the brain. It worked well for about 3 years, but the risks started to outweigh the benefits. I don't know if I'd recommend this drug, on one hand it helps with nerve pain immensely, on the other hand to Greek like you're losing your mind is gawd awful. F 30 4 years
2,400mg da
8/13/2017
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 5  nerve pain disc disease no lasting side effects. I felt a little sleepy and had blurred vision until I adjusted to it. It has helped a lot with some of the pain, and it stopped hot flashes. I'm long past menopause but I had severe hot flashes and shooting nerve pain like being stabbed. Both of these stopped with the neurontin. F 72 3 years
600 mg 3X day
8/7/2017
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 2  Extreme hot flashes Initially I did not feel any side effects however I took it for two weeks and was told it should have helped my hot flashes by then except I am on a low dose so maybe it just hasn't had time to work or I may have to up my dose. But after two weeks of not feeling any kind of relief at all when it came to my hot flashes I decided to stop taking it. Two days later I am feeling quite sick with upset nauseated stomach the shakes just an overall yucky feeling. My pharmacist said he doubts it very seriously that I am feeling sick because I stopped taking the meds but I'm not so sure about that. The pharmacist recommended that I don't give up on gabapentin yet and that I increase the dosage but I will not be doing that. F 53 14 days
100mg day
8/4/2017
 1  Migraines Taken at night. Get sleepy quite quickly. Then sleepy and groggy all day. Horrible, horrible diarrhea, and the ringing in my ears is defening and never stops. Feeling of electric shocks shootinh through my head all the time. Dizzy and brain fog, agitated and short tempered. I am just not myself F 49 3 days
300 mg
7/30/2017
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 3  Shingles Feeling like I'm loopy and drunk. Stomach problems, headache. Helps with the pain and itchiness F 53 5 days
7/9/2017
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 3  Neuropathy, migraines Horrible weight gain. Low energy. Mood swings. I reduced my caloric intake so that I should be losing 1--2 lbs a week. Doing heavy exercise 3x a wk and light exercise the rest of the week. Instead of losing, I gained weight. It seemed to go up with each dose adjustment. Lots of hungry feelings. It's a shame, it really got rid of my daily stress/tension headaches. It helped me sleep. And it's helped with my back pain. I'm reducing my dose because I can't deal with the weight gain after so much work to lose and tone. If I start having daily headaches again, I will re-up my dose. (Dose adjustments are made in conjunction with my doctor.) F 43 9 months
1200 mg 1X day
5/2/2017
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 3  neuropathy from lower back problems difficulty achieving orgasm, loss of sex drive, feeling depressed at time it has helped with the neuropathy but finding i need to increase the dose...would like to find something that helps with neuropathy with no side affects F 57 6 months
300mg 1X day
4/28/2017
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 1  Chronic Pain I was given no data sheet with this drug nor advised of any likely side effects by my GP. The pharmacist advised that Neurontin could lead to feelings of being out of the body, at least for time. That scared me. I decided to start light and only took about 1/3rd of a 300mG capsule. I was like a drunk, walking down the hall in the house and banging into the walls. I felt totally out of it and kind of detached like depersonalization maybe, Within two days (two doses) my stomach burned so bad I threw them all out. I felt terminally depressed while taking this drug, and thought often about suicide. Whoa this is evil stuff. Did help my pain a little bit but too scared to continue with it specially when you read the reports of a number of people in their 50's who have died sudden deaths while on it. I would never recommend this drug to anyone. It is quite well known now that there were "issues" with some of the so called clinical trials of this drug. It worries me and amazes me that some GP's even in New Zealand where we do not yet have the excessively restrictive regulations on prescribing Opioids for pain that are in the U.SA. , that anyone would ask a patient to take this poison. I know others who have used it too and to a one they all got rid of it. M 56 2 days
300mG 1X day
4/14/2017
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 1  Anxiety panic attacks I felt intoxicated but NOT in a good way. It worsened my anxiety like ten-fold! I thought my husband was going to have to take me to the ER. It was so scary that I would never recommend anyone take it for any reason. I felt dizzy, bad high, foggy headed, dry mouth, no coordination, loopy, extreme anxiety, trippy feeling, paranoid, heart pounding, very sleepy, then later on hyper active and insomnia. If this is how I feel after ONE dose of 300mg, f*** it - I'm throwing the other 89 pills away! I thought I was going to die. Don't take it for any reason. Unless you like feeling like you're going to die. STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!!! F 31 1 days
300mg
4/11/2017
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 1  Neuropathy pain Last year I developed problems walking that doctors chalked up to a concussion a few months earlier. One year later, still have balance problems and have struggled with convulsions, tremors, mental confusion, lack of energy for past month or so. Been to countless doctors and accused of having mental problems. This drug has turned my life upside down! Total nightmare. F 49 3 years
200 2X day
3/30/2017
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 1  Benzo withdrawal Rashes and blister Stopped taking and having severe headaches,electric shocks in left foot,rashes,shaking,ears ringing. M 4 weeks
1800 mg
3/28/2017
 1  Lyme disease Headache, dizziness, blurred/double vision , stuttering speech, memory issues, confusion , SEVERE acne Don't take this!!! Only took 100mg at night for a week and had severe confusion, speech and vision issues. Already have these symptoms I from my Lyme disease . SO not worth it. Same effects with lamictal. Don't take these meds if u have Lyme disease cuz they will mess u up even more cognitively!!!!! F 21 7 days
3/28/2017
 1  Fibromyalgia and nerve pain Extreme nausea, constant heart palpitations, severe sweating, migraines. This medication has caused me to feel probably the worse I've ever felt in my life and thats saying something after recovering from pneumonia, a pulmonary embolism and a DVT. Do not take it. F 55 3 months
3X day
3/22/2017
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 1  Chronic pain Dizzy, poor balance, facial swelling, couldn't stay awake, foggy brained F 42 3 days
300mg
3/20/2017
 1  Nerve pain Anxiety, poor balence, rash, itching, blurred vision, swelling of face -feet-hands, feeling sick, rapid heartbeat. For me neurotin was horrible! No help just added to my problems. F 7 days
100mg 6X day
3/18/2017
 1  TMJ pain Within two days of starting the drug my mood crashed. I started crying. I felt so unbelievably depressed and not ok. This was my worst fear come true. It's terrifying how quickly the drug took over. I called the pharmacist and I was told I could stop since I had only been on it two days. I'm not sure what else we can do for my TMJ pain while I wait for the specialist. The Dr. Told me I'm running out of options. F 33 3 days
100mg
3/13/2017
 2  neuropathy I have been taking neurontin 3 times a day for a little over 3 years now, with no help. I quit taking it(on my own), but dr put me back on them. Why? If is not helping?? I have some serious health issues that not even fentanyl helps!!! What else can I try?? F 62 3 years
300 per da
2/21/2017

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