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 |
| 5 | RA and Neuropathy | My side effects include memory problems, sleepiness and swelling of face, hands, and feet. | I'm sure I had memory problems before taking the Neurotin because my pain was so severe I didn't think or care. I never slept so the sleepiness is a blessing to me. I started at 2400mg last month. That is when the swelling began. Not sure if it is related to the drug or not. Right now i just swallowed 1600 mg tonight as per doctor's orders. Feeling no pain at all but wow I'm really spaced out.Great drub for me, love being able to function somewhat in my life whereas before taking 4 pain pills a day, "percocet" and 2 xanax a day never lessened the pain like Neurotin has. I can add a couple 5 mg hydrocodone a day with the Neurotin and I'm good for the day, still some pain but part of my family again. I don't know what I will do if I build up a tolerance to it. I've went from 900 to 3200mg in 6 months. I've got to live with this the rest of my life. | F | 55 | 6 months 3200mg 4X day | 1/11/2013 | 5 | Severe Cipro-induced joint pain | 100mg 1x day (at bedtime). Initially, I felt lethargic during the day and didn't have much motivation (due to lethargy), but that subsided after 2-3 weeks. | I had a kidney infection in June, 2006 and was given Cipro. Within just a few days of taking the Cipro, I developed SEVERE joint pain. After lots of tests, my doctor and I finally figured out it was from the Cipro. I was given a variety of pain killers from vicodin to celebrex -- nothing worked. The doctor then gave me the low dose of Neurontin. I was very skeptical since nothing else had helped. I was utterly amazed when it did work. I wasn't happy about the lethargy, but that was better than the pain, and within a few weeks, the lethargy subsided and I returned to a normal life. In December, 2006, I was able to stop taking the Neurontin and am now mostly pain-free. I have had no side-effects from taking it or stopping it. As far as weight gain, I did gain ~8 pounds, but some of that was prior to even starting the medicine because it hurt so bad to move, therefore I can't blame the medicine. I have lost some of that weight, but I think it's just because I was able to become | F | 40 | 6 months | 1/4/2007 | 5 | Nerve pain down my legs , numbness | makes me sleepy slrred speech | it helps with my numbness in my hips and goes down my legs. I have to take the meds. for about 6 months. | F | 35 | 6 months | 3/26/2007 | 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 | 5 | Migraine | None that I can tell. | After suffering from nearly non-stop migraines the last 2 years, my neurologist had me try neurontin 6 months ago. It has been a miracle drug for me. I started with 400mg 3 times per day and within 2 days my migraines were gone. I can now take 400mg just once or twice per day to keep my headaches away. Prior to this my neurologist tried most traditional migraine medication plus i took tylenol 4. | M | 51 | 6 months | 3/14/2008 | 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 | Neuralgia | Sleepiness, dizziness, memory loss. | I have been on Neurontin several times, and the side effects are always the same. I am sleepy all the time, dizzy all the time, and have no short term memory. I have bounced so many checks because I forgot that I used my debit card. I think the makers of Neurontin should pay my overdrafts! | M | 24 | 6 months | 7/27/2009 | 4 | severe leg damage due to car wreck | Side Effects: I often feel off-balance, my body seems to just "hang a right". I have trouble concentrating at times, word retrieval is often difficult. I also fall asleep during the day, without warning. (don't drive) But then at night, I can't seem to feel sleepy until way past my normal bedtime. Usually however when I do fall asleep I sleep hard for 5 hours or so. | Neurontin has been a godsend to me, personally. It has greatly reduced daily pain, though it does little or nothing for event-induced pain (Such as 'doing too much', turning my leg incorrectly' and even bad weather symptoms). I am currently taking 3200 mg per day (800 mg 4 times daily). Due to a prescription error, I was without the med for 5 days... the pain then returned with a vengence. Would be very afraid to come off this medication quickly, if at all. Doctor has prescriped 50 mg Nortriptyline to be taken with the last dose per day... Not sure why, but ?? The dosage may be increased next month to a maximum of 3600 mg daily (900 mg x 4)with an additional increase to 75 mgs of nightly Nortriptyline. Doctor says after that we will have to look at alternative meds or procedures (whatever that means... LOL ) | F | 50 | 6 months | 9/29/2008 | 4 | Mastectomy Nerve Pain | Horrible trying to get off this drug. Extreme mood swings since tapering dosage down slowly. Currently down to 100mg 3xd with crying/depression/nervousness. I had problems years ago, like this, trying to get off an SRI, so I know the symptoms. | This drug did work for my nerve pain following bilateral mastectomies. After 3 weeks of intense pain following my surgery, was put on 100mg to take every few hours up to 900mg a day. The side effects were tough, most talked about already. Yet my pain was worse, so put up with it. Now that nerve pain has decreased, I want to get off of this but not easy because of increased side effects. Which probably means this drug has addictive tendencies. | F | 51 | 6 months | 1/2/2010 | 4 | Multiple Sclerosis | Great for pain relief But my hair has been falling out like I`d had chemo and I`m falling asleep in the middle of things. Since starting Gabapantin been very unsteady on feet and down in mood with lots of tears. | STOP THIS MEDICATION IT`S DANGEROUS AND SHOULDN`T BE BEING PRESCRIBED!!! | F | 49 | 6 months 300 3X day | 12/3/2015 | 4 | Migraines/anxiety | Some dizziness, takes several weeks to work to its full potential. Very few side effects | M | 45 | 6 months | 10/20/2005 | 4 | neuropathy/pain in legs | Some dizziness and blurred vision. | Helps reduce the ache/pain I have when I lay down at night to go to sleep. Was also taking ambient, but didn't like the morning after. | M | 53 | 6 months | 4/25/2005 | 4 | perifial neuropathy/uni-polar | About the only change I have had is a total lack of sexual libido and erectile dysfunction. I have been given Cialis for this but it helps little. No weight gain at all on this or the Depakote. Actually I have a total lack of appetite. This reeks havoc with my type one Diabetes. | I first was taking 900 mg for the diabetic peripheral neuropathy in my feet. After a break down it was increased to 3600 mg a day with 1000 mg of Depakote. I am not certain which one or both are causing the sexual dysfunction but after checking it out I think I need to get off both. | M | 45 | 6 months | 6/24/2006 | 3 | sleep disorder, post head injury | 300 mg once/day at night: frequent (!!) urination, dry skin, groggy when waking, dull feeling throughout day, a bit depressed, possible hair losswarning: i went through withdrawal when I stopped, not as bad when i tapered, but it can still make you feel terrible at first- don't worry. tough it out, bc it only last a few days. | The medication definitely helped sleep disorder- it knocked me out at night and I slept pretty well, but waking was hard. A higher dose helped this grogginess, but the lethargy and dullness did not go away. This is the worst problem because my work output has been poor. The weight gain was mild- 7 pounds- but not desired. I have stopped to see if neurontin is the cause of hair loss. If not, i will resume. | F | 39 | 6 months | 3/1/2004 | 3 | Migraines | Feeling of being high all the time, insomnia | F | 26 | 6 months | 7/28/2004 | 3 | Tarsal Tunnel syndrome | I get really dizzy and I feel like a pin ball in a pin ball machine trying to walk everytime they up my dose. After a day or two it goes away, but its so bad if I miss a dose or if I have my dose upped that I can't drive or anything. | I noticed that I seem happier taking it. I guess it works as an antidepressant too. It helps the really bad pain but it doesn't take it all away. All my nerves in my foot are entrapped and they are damaged. | F | 37 | 6 months | 6/3/2005 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | Brain fog,lost for words most of the time,weight gain.If I forgot to take my medicine-BAD mood swings and pain.Motor skill quality diminished.Slower motor skills,no short term memory. | My pain was only at about 40%, which was very good for me.But after time all of the side effects seemed to cause other problems in my life.My husband would look at me sometimes like "I know your not stupid-but,what's wrong with you? Is there anyone in there?"That was very frustrating for me,as I usually am a pretty quick thinker!! Also driving at night became a little scarey!Slow to physically react,vision effected. | F | 26 | 6 months | 10/1/2007 | 3 | Headaches | Spacey, sleepy, loss of sex drive | M | 41 | 6 months | 4/6/2006 | 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 | 3 | undiagnosed Pelvic Pain small nerv | clumsiness, falling over as if unbalanced ,unable to find words to finish a sentence ,extremly bad memory, for recent events Nightmares, Hair loss ,and the greatest of them all extreme weight gain and the ever increasing need to increase the dosages of the medication is i feel way to much!! | they are the greatest thing since sliced bread for the cessation of pain!! but so was cortisone until they found out how dangerous it was!!i have one kidney and i am concerned for the effects it will have on it.I am particularly concerned at how much one has to increase this drug at auch short intervails .I sometimes feel there is going to be no end to the increasing of it ,as the pain keeps breaking through ,hence a need to increase yet again,from 1 X200 morning and night. To 2 x 400 , 4 times a day,all in a time frame of 6 months...it is most embarrasing starting to tell a story and one cant remember the next word or cant find the right word to describe things....the weight gain has been just awfull and i am so uncomfortable with it.i am up 3 sizes.This medication,has stopped the severe pain ,i would be in, if i didnt take it..so i am between a rock ,and a hard place!!my hair is falling out ,so much ,my daughter in law is a hairdressor, and is most concerned about how much my hair ha | F | 66 | 6 months | 3/27/2008 |