NEURONTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)Average Rating: 2.9 (919 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEURONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | peripheral neuopathy | severe brain fog,personality change,short term memory problems,suicidal ideation,dry mouth, nervousness,runny nose,tremors,depression. | I would never have taken this drug had I known that it would cause permanent brain damage!It has been almost 11 months since I took it and no improvement in my condition has happened. | M | 61 | 2 days | 12/2/2009 | 1 | peripheral neuopathy | severe brain fog,personality change,short term memory problems,suicidal ideation,dry mouth, nervousness,runny nose,tremors,depression. | I would never have taken this drug had I known that it would cause permanent brain damage!It has been almost 11 months since I took it and no improvement in my condition has happened. | M | 61 | 2 days | 12/2/2009 | 5 | epilepsy | Initally tired, memory loss ( it improved with effort) no weight again ( don't give in to initial hunger panges they will go away) no hair loss. 15 years of being seisure free. | Excellent drug, does not cause liver damage. I can live with it by putting in extra effort when I am a bit heavy in body and mind like going to the gym or chatting to some. I have learned to concentrate, by reading, counselling, playing bridge. It is all in the mind. | F | 60 | 15 years 400 3X day | 1/22/2011 | 5 | rsd in hand and arm | Spacy, sore throat, brain fog, hard to speak sometimes, sleepy after about three hours. I started taking 1800 a day along with one 25mg. palamar at bedtime. It was a miracle. I didn't feel the burning pain unless it got toward the end of 8 hours and more was due. I took it up myself to 900 three times a day and that is when my coordination was very bad plus the other things already mentioned. I tried to really dose myself. Then I took it back down to 600 three times a day. If it gets worse, I take 600, 900, 600. | I have gained about thirty pounds in about 7 months but it seems to have leveled off. I do eat a lot of sweets. At the first of all of this, I did have three nerve blocks in my neck. Before those, I was in constant pain 24/7. No pain pill worked and I never slept at night. I don't know what I would have done without this drug. | F | 60 | 7 months | 1/21/2005 | 5 | Peripheral Neuropathy | Inability to find words, somnolence, dizziness, weight gain, mood problems, vision problems-blurry and double vision, increased clumsiness, headaches, difficulty maintaining the thread of thoughts. | The relief of much of my extreme pain is worth all of the side effects, which are significant. I take 1200 4 times a day (a very high dosage) to keep pain to a manageable level. Tried everything else and this is all that helps. On occasion I try to lower the dose and the pain increase reminds me why I put up with all of the problems with the drug. It is the only thing that makes my life livable. | F | 60 | 8 years | 7/27/2007 | 4 | neuropathy in toes | Initially some drowsiness, which passed in a week or so. | I can judge the effectiveness of this dosage by the fact that if I decrease by even 600mg the burning and pins and needles sensation returns. I would prefer not to take this much, but by experimentation lowering the dosage it's obvious it's working. I don't like taking this much and not knowing what potential side effects there could be long term. | M | 60 | 2 years 1800 2X day | 4/8/2011 | 3 | nerve pain on my leg | At the beginning I was drowsy..the doctor told me to take it before bedtime and I did, he also told me to increase the dose to two a day, which I have not done. I am waiting to see if perhaps physical therapy might help my condition... | Slightly scared at the beginning because it mentioned that this medicine was for seizures...but I am glad they have this comment column so that we can get educated on the medication. | M | 60 | 3 weeks 300 1X day | 6/19/2011 | 2 | nerve pain | tooth decay | F | 60 | 900mg 3X day | 9/4/2011 | 2 | nerve pain from severe spine problm | weight gain, depression, mood swings | have only been taking it 2 mos.but saw no difference in pain levels with 300x3/day. Lethargic all the time & feel sleepy but had much difficulty being able to sleep, depression but not positive it was from this drug. Definite nervousness with mood swings & sometimes hostility. Am going off it & have weaned down to 300x1, will take 1 every other day for a few days. If my pain continues to get worse I could try it again but probably won't. | F | 60 | 2 months | 7/16/2004 | 2 | Nerve pain | It allowed me to sleep but I had more pain in the morning. I took drug at bedtime. Also found I had increased body aches and pains,upset stomach and some depression.Tried it twice taking two days on both occassions and had same side effects. | F | 60 | 2 days | 8/4/2002 | 2 | general pain from THR - scar tissue | Felt "stupid" overall and "spaced out" - not so much pain relief, a little, not worth the long term effects of long term mental compromise. Have taken this drug off and on for years....NO MORE!! | Have stopped Neurontin for the second time. Was prescribed once before. Scar tissue pain can be resolved through massage, techniques available online. Painful initially, but worth the effort, pain lessens as more massage is done. Scar pain virtually eliminated, but must stay w/ it. SAVE your brain from Neutontin!!! | F | 60 | 28 days 300mg 2X day | 1/3/2015 | 1 | nerve pain | Crazy increase in appetite, obsessed with food. Consequent weight gain. Other than that, no real side effects (no effects of any kind actually) | Maybe 10% of the time seemed to help a bit but mostly didn't do much of anything. Not worth the weight gain. | F | 60 | 5 weeks 200 2X day | 4/25/2014 | 1 | diabetic neuropathy | Two weeks of only 100mg, didn't help at all with the pain. Stopped taking it after only 2 weeks and never expected to have any type of withdrawel effects. Then 2days later-BAM!-Extreme FEAR,PANIC ATTACKS,ANXIETY. Felt like I was losing my mind and thought for sure I was going to die. Wanted to jump out of my skin! NEVER AGAIN will I ever take neurontin. | F | 60 | 2 weeks 100mg | 10/22/2015 | 1 | Spinal surgery | I was hearing & seeing things that weren't there | Don't take it!!!! | M | 60 | 1 days 80 mg | 9/4/2015 | 1 | Diabetic Neuropathy Pain | It helped my neuropathy pain; but the horrible next day groggiest wasn't worth it. I have never felt this dreadful with any pill the next morning as I have with Neurontin. I cannot imagine how people report taking 600-1000-1200 mg. a day. | 300 mg at night about did me in. | F | 60 | 60 days | 9/3/2009 | 1 | chronic pain due to car accident | I started on the lowest dose. Within 48 hours, the nerve pain in my neck and back was greatly reduced. I did experience blurred vision, mental confusion and dizziness. | Within a month, I developed a strange and severe headache. Then, I had a minor stroke. The drs. insisted it wasn't the Neurontin. I know that it was the Neurontin. Please be careful. Everyone is different, but it took me six months to learn how to read and write again. The left side of my body is still weak despite exercise and rehab. | F | 60 | 30 days | 7/13/2008 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | My heart raced, I was hyper, agitated, edgy, on a "high", but not a good one. Couldn't sleep. | Definitely was not the drug for me. Never felt so "out of sorts" as when I was on it. | F | 60 | 2 days | 3/19/2009 | 1 | neuropathy | weight gain, pain in feet, horrible dreams, pain in base of neck. had i known all this i would never have started taking them. i have been taking them 5 years now. i take 3-300mg per day. 4 days ago, i quit taking the morning pill, trying to wean myself off . the last 2 days the headaches have been severe. but i am going to keep trying. if anyone else has been trying to get off this horrible drug, i would love to know how you are doing with it. maybe it will give me some hope to keep trying | F | 60 | 5 years | 9/3/2006 | 1 | Nerve pain | Weight gain but no neurological side effects like foggy brain | Didn't do a thing for the nerve pain at this relatively low dosage (200 mg 2xper day) but DID cause me to gain 6 pounds in a month. Maybe it would work better for the nerve pain at a higher dosage but I can't afford to keep gaining weight. I hope it works better for you. | F | 60 | 30 days 200 mg 2X day | 3/30/2013 | 1 | Back Pain, Sciatica, Arachnoiditis | Extreme weight gain, hand, feet swelling, vertigo, ear pain,dizziness, brain fog, unable to retrieve words, sluggish, sedated, tremors, feeling of spider webs on arms,trouble swallowing,hypertension, sweating, VIVID, disturbing dreams., eustachian tube dysfunction, labyrinthitis, rashes, abnormal tooth decay, and interactions I DID NOT KNOW about that caused increased potency of this medication when taking my morphine two hours before neurotin. her doses is not known. Morphine: A literature article reported that when a 60-mg controlled-release morphine capsule was administered 2 hours prior to a 600-mg Neurontin capsule (N=12), mean gabapentin AUC increased by 44% compared to gabapentin administered without morphine (see PRECAUTIONS). Morphine pharmacokinetic parameter values were not affected by administration of Neurontin 2 hours after morphine. The magnitude of interaction at other doses is not known. | The blurred vision and continually ear problems we thought were infections but never went away, did so when getting off Neurontin. Will never go back on this and I had DISTURBING dreams this time so I knew what it is. Lyrica also tends to do the same thing but will make you think you are better but side effects are accumalitve on both and gets worse the longer you take it. | F | 60 | 3 years 3X day | 4/18/2013 |