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 |
| 4 | back and nerve pain and tingling | I have felt very "high", a bit dizzy but wow!!! Pain is so much less and I can sleep at night, better at least. My hand would shake and that had stopped too! So far, so good. | I am hoping it continues to work for me. I was so disabled by my pain. I am walking better too! | F | 58 | 5 days 30 mg 3X day | 6/1/2013 | 4 | Severe neuropathy | Beneficial results for neuropathy in both legs after 3 back surgies. Advised to take 800mg and go to bed due feeling high and out of it. | F | 58 | 3 years 800mg | 2/28/2012 | 3 | Charcot neuropathy | Significant ataxia (staggering gait). Drowsiness. I now have tinnitus, which I'm wondering might be from the gabapentin? I can't take during the day as it makes me so sleepy (and I don't take that high of a dose) | At times it seems to help my neuropathic pain, at other times I'm not convinced. Studies show it works in diabetic neuropathy, I don't think they're are any for Charcot. I stay on it on the urging of my physician. | F | 58 | 3 years 600 2X day | 2/27/2010 | 3 | leg/back pain due to herniated disc | Ankle puffiness during the evening hours, weight gain, word retrieval problems, increase of memory problems, latest symptom is eyelid twitching! | Works somewhat for nerve pain (I may need a higher dosage but don't want to gain more weight) Also noticed improvement with my fibromyalgia. | M | 58 | 2 months 300 mg 3X day | 9/1/2010 | 3 | Neuropathic pain | Numerous side effects. Dizzy. Room spinning. Lurching sensation whilst siting. Unsteadiness. Difficult walking. Poor coordination. Lethargy. Poor balance. Easily tired. Body jolts, jerks, limbs jerking. Jaw suddenly jerking. Nightmares. Vivid dreams. | Helped with my pain which was mostly excruciating burning to both feet. Horrible side effects. | M | 58 | 6 weeks 600 mg 3X day | 5/28/2016 | 3 | fibromyalgia | Very weird - but about 30 minutes after dosing with 200 mg, when I rub my very long-haired Persian cat "tiny sparks" fly off him and it shocks us both. This is not imagined. Personally, headaches, frequent urination, buring eyes after only 1 week. I only take 400 mg a day. | A few hours after my first 100 mg dose (!) I was relieved in pain in my back, knee and hand, and could stand up straight and walk which I had not been able to do for months. I am very afraid of any side effects that may be coming, and worried about these headaches continuing, but 2 friends on high doses are telling me these side effects will pass shortly. | F | 58 | 1 weeks | 3/4/2008 | 2 | neck pain | hair loss, bloated/weight gain, gas and digestive issues, not much pain relief but as I taper down I'll be able to tell just how much or little it helped. | As an anticonvulsant, it seems odd that not many people rating this drug are on it for seizures. I'm going to tell my doctor that I won't be taking any more drugs for off-label purposes. If he doesn't want to alleviate my suffering by prescribing me a medication that was actually manufactured as a pain reducer, I'll be purchasing medical-grade marijuana and shopping online for narcotics. My condition is irreversible and untreatable by surgery. What does it matter if I'm dependent on narcotics at this point? I need some relief. | F | 58 | 5 years 2700 mg 1X day | 2/23/2015 | 2 | fibromyalgia and lousy insurance | none that I've really noticed other than I do now tend to fall asleep in front of the tv at night and didn't used to before starting to take it. | Hasn't done a thing to help my issues of fibromyalgia and osteo arthritis pian. Lyrica did help but insurance would no longer cover it (very expensive) so went to this waste of money. | F | 58 | 3 months 100 mg 2X day | 2/27/2011 | 1 | neuropathy | Within 2 weeks gained 15 pounds (im vert slim) despite eating almost nothing due to nerve pain, legs and ankles swelled. Felt like a space cadet, fell down on my spine and made matters worse, confusion, wild mood swings, terminal constipation. Takes some of the pain away, if i don't take a dose break out in sweats and hot flashes, doctor prescribed it with low dose of vicodin, also a nasty drug. | I'm waiting on word from neurosurgeon about surgery for pinched nerves due to disk compression. If I have to wait much longer I don;t know nwhat i'll do have suicidal thoughts most of the time. Quality of life = 0 | M | 58 | 1 months | 7/13/2005 | 1 | Spasticity | extreme weight loss, no sex drive, head, ache's , falling all the time . I feel like my skin is crawling . I have gained 30 pounds in 5 months and no really eating that much. Feet burning and the Dr. said it was neuropathy that's funny I never had it before the back surgery . We'll after reading this blog and finding out what was the cause of my issues I am done with Neurontin . | M | 58 | 6 months 300MG 3X day | 12/23/2014 | 1 | bulging disc lower back &leg pain | constipation, gas, always tired as to where I could not work or drive , ringing of the ears | made leg pain unbearable ! why should anyone pay for this poison! | M | 58 | 6 days 300MG 3X day | 7/25/2014 | 1 | pain | Intense rage and anger with homicidal thoughts. Dizzy in a fog and hungry. | M | 58 | 1 weeks 300mg 1X day | 4/6/2014 | 1 | Was addicted to Xanax Xr | Terrible serious reactions including throat closing off; swollen glands all around neck; coldness in hands and feet; ataxia of the face; swollen tongue; rapid eye movement; and severe muscle cramps in legs and arms; hyperactivity, metallic taste in swollen mouth; acne. | Was used for 2 weeks before abruptly discontined after serious side effects; to prevent possible seizures after comming off of large 8mg a day addiction to xanax xr. Professional woman 58 years old; Side effects hit me on a Saturday seemingly all at once but I was driving home from the vet at 2 weeks into 600 mg a day when I experienced severe jerking of whole head every second leaving me unable to drive any further. Of course, my doctor was not on call and resorted to the advice of his partner, my therapist and a pharmicist who all told me to discontinue. My best advise is not to use this drug if at all possible | F | 58 | 14 days | 8/2/2008 | 5 | chronic migraine | weight gain, dizziness, and slowed thought processes on 1800 mg | Neurontin has changed a daily headache to a treatable weekly headache. This drug gave me pain free time to do the things I enjoy. | F | 57 | 6 months | 11/20/2009 | 5 | neuropathic pain | drowsiness | M | 57 | 2 years | 3/19/2005 | 5 | To settle my brain | It give me energy,. | It has to be the best medicine I've taken for my psychiatric problems. I can really tell when I miss a dose; particularly the mid day dose. I just get weak. | F | 57 | 5 years | 6/5/2007 | 4 | neuropathy | M | 57 | 90 days | 11/15/2007 | 4 | Motion Sickness 24/7 Post Traumatic | Initially I was sleepy, feeling sort of slow. I was able to sleep through the night. My constant nausea for three years was replaced with sleepy, which was good. Believe me, sleepy is better than nausea! I gained some weight and purchased some 'fat pants'. I am normally quite thin. ( I hit my head on the headrest of the car while being rear-ended. ) | Reading about Neurontin is facinating. All the Neurontin one takes passes through the body and is excreted. No medication is perfect. But I can walk better without feeling the rocking, swimming, nausea feeling. Whew! Nausea is improved overall, still improving little by little every day. I take 500 mg 3x per day. Also has helped with post traumatic headache. Very loud sounds (amplified sound) I may need more for a few days. I increase it 100 mg. This medication is a synthetic buliding block of protein. It has had a claming effect for me. I choose sleepy over nausea. Thanks PD! Cindy Dr. Hess provided the initial samples for me. | F | 57 | 1 years | 5/31/2005 | 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 | 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 |