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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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTINCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 5  nerve pain from scar tissue from surgery First week I felt calm and drunk or high. I cut back to one before bedtime. After I got used to that I added the daytime pill and the nerve pain is gone. It used to hurt so bad and prevent me from enjoying life. Now the previous side effects have subsided and I still don't hurt. No more Advil or Tramadol or hydrocodone! It stopped my decade-long pain. Neurontin can be used with most other medicines I've taken without side effects. F 50 6 months
300 mg x 2
12/20/2014
 3  Bipolar Disorder At lower doses, it's a fairly effective pill without many side effects. But the higher up you go, the more obvious the side effects become. I had trouble finishing sentences because my thinking became so slowed down and spotty. It was like being half asleep. I'd give it a 7/10 for treatment of bipolar disorder. It would be a 10 if it weren't for that pesky mental dullness. M 17 6 months
3200 mg
12/15/2014
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 3  back paib Vision disadvantages shaky hands unconscious slurring of words... Extreme weakness... Drowsiness..+ 10.. Zombie... Moments.. Slurring.. Double vision drowsiness... Don't drive.... Passing out.. Occurs.. Also.. At this Dose. Of 600MG Don't drive my symptoms kicked in about 5 days of taking it... Big shocker... I was fucked up.. F 28 3 weeks
600 MG
12/8/2014
 1  For nerve pain Insomnia, burning skin, extreme head aches, blacking out, became suicidial have never been in my life. Black box warning on it for that. I never believed that could really happen but I ended up being the 1 in 500 it's estimated that it happen to. I guess this is a good med for a lot of people but not for me. When I first started taking it 100mg 3x daily and decreased 100mg a week. The first week I was so dizzy and would sleep nonstop then the insomnia started I stopped sleeping it is now 7 months later and I sleep 1-3 hours a night before taking it I never had any issue with sleep. As I was weening off my skin started burning and itching the head aches got so severe that I would just hold my head for hours. The worst part was fixation on suicide these feelings were so strong I couldn't believe I was having them. I never suffered from any mental illness in my life. But I still would tell myself there's noway I would ever do that. What happened next would change my life for ever. I guess I was in the mixed of a black out because it was never plained and I don't remember to this day but I ended up hanging myself the cord broke I was told and was on life support for 4 days remembering none of it. Medicines affect people in different ways and it did me very wrong but it may work every well for some people. I know now to take black box warnings serious now because before I did think twice about them. Well that's my story god bless. M 37 3 weeks
300
12/8/2014
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 1  MS Weight GAIN ,,mood swing,I.have numb hands one of my symptoms from MS is neuropathy This med made my hands retain fluid. Just got married a month ago it ruined my honeymoon because of the controllable crying. Get this off the market ,, It's an evil drug F 32 1 months
300mg
12/5/2014
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 5   memory loss F 30 14 months
400 3X day
11/18/2014
 3  Sciatica, Scoliosis, leg nerve pain Drowsiness, I feel either like I've smoke marijuana or am drunk. I don't do either of those things and I'm not enjoying this medication so far. My doctor wants me to go up to 900 mg a day but I don't think I could take it. F 29 2 days
600
11/18/2014
 5  sciatica Mild drowsiness It helps me so much. I love it F 36 1 years
300 mgs
11/9/2014
 4  neuropathy No side effects. It has helped the tingland numbness in my hands. But I will still have it if I clap or use my hands for too long. But it has helped me more than if I wasn't taking it. F 32 2 years
100mg 3x D
11/6/2014
 5  Anxiety A little off balance and clumsy at times. Have a hard time trying to find the word I'm looking for and some memory problems. This medicine works great for my anxiety. It calms my nerves. I would definitely recommend. F 22 3 months
600mg
11/2/2014
 5  Neuropathic Pain Indigestion, weight gain (but that may be more lifestyle related - not exercising as much as I used to because of back problems), at recently increased dose seem to be dealing with flatulence. Marked drowsiness...I do not drive after taking my dose in the evening. Dopiness in the morning....no problem getting up but my brain is slow to get going! This medication has hugely improved the quality of my life. I didn't sleep for more than a few hours a night for almost 2 years prior to being prescribed Gabapentin. The side effects are worth dealing with for the relief I have gained. I have to take my entire dose at once & quite early in the evening in order to be functioning in the morning. F 47 4 years
1600mg
11/1/2014
 4  severe herniated disc, sciatica Works pretty well for me. No bad side effects - except takes approx. 2 hrs to kick in. F 36 9 months
300mg x 3
10/1/2014
 3  Chronic thoracic back pain Neurontin makes my pain medication work better. I can tell a difference if I don't take it with my other meds. However between this & the Estradiol I'm having to take after complete hysterectomy. I've gained 25 pnds & my hair is now falling out by the handfuls. That wasn't happening before I had to add the Estradiol though ! I need a different HRT bad ! F 41 3 days
300mg
9/29/2014
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 4  fibromyalgia No real side effects other than fast tolerance buildup. I take 1100 mg which is supposed to be split into three doses, but I have a horrible memory, so I take it all in one go and it seems to work out. I'm honestly not sure how much it does for my pain at this point, but with suboxone and flexeril, I'm the most pain-free I've been in a long time, so I'm a little wary to change up the routine. F 29 1 years
1100 mg
9/24/2014
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 4  Cervical and lumbar DDD word retrieval problems, unbalanced, more relaxed, better sleep, less pain I took 300 mg. for 5 yrs., then 600 for a month and now 900/day for the last week. In a month I'll have to increase to 1200 per pain doctor's orders. I'm experimenting to see if I can do this without gaining too much weight. So far, if I don't succumb to hunger, I haven't gained and have actually lost a couple of pounds. We'll see if that can continue. I also walk 12-15 miles/week, even though it still hurts to do so and I stagger like I'm drunk unless I completely focus on just walking and don't look much at the scenery going past. I'll probably have to be on this for the rest of my life and doctors will not prescribe me ANYTHING else to help with pain. F 57 1 weeks
300 3X day
9/19/2014
 5  chronic upper abdominal pain 10yrs At times i struggle with finding my words/some dizziness/poochy stomach But i was on 600mg of morphine/day i have been able to taper down to 75mg with gabapentin! I am pleased with it...altho i am maxed out on it and getting ready to switch to lyrica. F 37 1 years
3600mg/day
9/11/2014
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 1  Neuropathy Bloated horribly, gained 13 pounds in one month, gas, helped the burning pain but not worth the side effects F 43 1 months
300 mg
9/11/2014
 1  RSD CRPS post surgery I have trouble remembering speaking certain words. I had blurred vision hard heavy heart beating rapid heartbeat at times. Emotional. Severe rash on leg and foot. Numbness. Shooting eye pain shortness of breath and chest pains F 43 4 months
300 -700
9/11/2014
 1  Neuropathy of the feet weight gain immediately, craved chocolate,hair loss, dizziness, clumbsiness,falling over, no thought process,hard time talking and remember simple words...too many to list I WISH I had NEVER taken the first pill. It's been a NIGHTMARE for me. I've been off it for almost 4 weeks now and STILL have side effects. WILL I NEVER get back to normal? F 62 7 months
200mg 1X day
9/10/2014
 3  Migraine Heart Palpitations; muscle pain; stiff joints; fatigue; hand tremors. M 50 2 years
500 MG
8/29/2014

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