Reviews for NEURONTIN14 ratings: (taken because of diabetic)Edit Filter | Clear FilterCompare NEURONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 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 | 5 | Diabetic but to get buzzed | First time u get so buzzed u can't move but it's fu*in cool | For Ur first time take 3 800mg pills and wait about 2 to 3 hours and you'll be comatosed, trust me it feels great ! | M | 34 | 1 months 800 | 3/5/2015 | 1 | Diabetic neuropathy | I had to abruptly stop taking this medication due to being pregnant. The next 3 weeks after stopping it were terrible. It caused depression and suicidal thoughts. I had Insomnia for 4 days where I didn't sleep at all. I was abnormally angry for the 3 weeks and miserable. I would beware of this medication if at all possible. | F | 35 | 5 years 900 mg | 4/13/2014 | 3 | Peripheral Neuropathy -non diabetic | Memory loss (went from 4.0 college student to a 3.0) and that in only 8 short weeks. I cannot remember jack sh*t. Laziness, weakness in the entire body. Zero sex drive. Dizziness, blurred vision, moments of binging for sweets (Never done that before prior to this medication) | I began taking this drug 4 months ago. I started out at 200mg every 8 hours which was near impossible to keep up with. I had funny dizzy type feelings at first then it went away. I was fine pain gone, then pain back, doc upped me to 600mg every 12hrs. Ok pain gone, now I cannot remember anything. NOTHING! I ask people things twice then ask again. My college classes are getting so difficult I cannot hardly do it. I was a 4.0 student! Not anymore. I haven't gained any weight, but have no sex life period any longer. I get strange feelings that come over me, insomnia you name it. While the pain is gone it isn't worth it I have to find something else. I check out lyrica and cymbalta and I am terrified of them too! | F | 37 | 4 months | 10/8/2009 | 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 | 2 | Fibromyalgia?, Diabetic | extreme pain and full feeling in ankles, knees (especially), elbows and wrists, shooting pains down legs and feet, and from elbows to fingertips,vivid dreams, crying when waking up from dream almost nightly, frequent urination (almost nightly), tachycardia, changing of clothes nightly one to two times, most recent symptom bleeding from vaginal area | I originally started taking this about a month and a half ago 300 mg 3 capsules at nighttime for general achy flu like aching all over my body. well this drug has resolved that problem, but the problems listed above have all occurred since taking neurontin about six weeks ago. The biggest one that my doctor's have noticed is that my heart rate has increased from 80 something to 135. Gave blood two weeks before started taking neurontin, and my heart rate was ok, not even mentioined. since then have had two or three doctors mention the fast rate of my heart, spent seven hours in emergency room (told to go there by my endocrinologist) and had almost every test imaginable, which came back normal, and all I received afterwards was that they didn't know what was causing my fast heart rate, and to have my endo check to see if could be my meds causing it. Went to give blood a few days ago, and was almost disqualified because my heart rate was too high. The pain that I was having before w | F | 52 | 45 days | 9/7/2008 | 1 | Diabetic Neuropathy | Dr. prescribed for neuropathy in feet. I also had had a stroke and a severe staph infection plus a strong diabetic episode 2 months earlier. Had been thru home physical therapy & could complete all recommended leg/ankle/foot exercises. After taking Gabapentin (Neurontin) for just a few days, I almost could not walk. Feet & ankles seemed frozen. Had to have weeks of additional phys. therapy to be able to rotate ankles again, walk without walker (graduated to a cane), flex feet up to toes, etc. Also experienced dizziness, nausea, just feeling awful. That was in Nov. 2006; even now, my balance is poor, cannot walk without a cane. | My Dr. doesn't really believe there was a problem, noted something minor in my file. Even the physical therapist described my muscles as "waking up." I would recommend extreme caution when taking any of this type of medication. | F | 64 | 4 days | 1/14/2008 | 2 | diabetic neuropathy | My endocrinologist prescribed this for me back in late July after diagnosing me with neuropathy. i was a new patient. I was started at 100 mg twice a day (7/30) increased to 900mg by 8/29 and then to 1800mg by 9/26. I cut back to 1200 a day on 9/29. That was around the time i started having sleep disturbances, nightmares, and racing thoughts in my sleep, so bad i'd wake up suddenly trembling, sweating and crying (sometimes ncontrollable) also mood swings and constantly irritable with borderline personality fluctuations. Funny butall the tiem i was taking it i was still reaching for my husband's bottle of Lortab on most mornings from the pain being so bad, especially in my feet. I am in the process of weaning myself off of this drug, it will take another week and 3 days till i'm off completely. I'm explaining this to my endo on my next visit in December. Now i hope and pray that no permanent damage was done. | I would not recommend this drug to anyone, you'd be better off taking a narcotic painkiller, motrin, or tylenol. | F | 45 | 2 months | 10/14/2007 | 5 | diabetic neuropothy | M | 47 | 2 years | 8/1/2007 | 1 | diabetic polyneuropathy | Horrible inability to wake up. Very sleepy, could have slept all day. Extremely blurred vision. Difficulty walking, very unbalanced and tipping over. Problems lifting and holding on to things Speech slurred, have a hissing sound when I speak. Problems finding the words I need to say what I want to say. The whole left side of my face is numb, lips very numb. It feels as I had a mini-stroke or something. | I've only taken 1 dose of 300mg of Neurontin at bedtime and the effect has been so horrible that I don't think I will take another dose tonight. I don't see any difference in my nerve pain. The very idea of upping the dosage is scary. I don't think I'm going to continue taking this. | F | 56 | 1 days | 1/3/2007 | 1 | diabetic nurotophy | my father took neurontin for 2.5 year. He had severe mood swings, fell over things, very depressed, committed suicide on april 18, 2003. gun shot wound to head | this is a very powerful drug. I know with in my heart that this drug distroyed my father. He was a retired police officer and my heart. I watched this drug distroy him. He had a stroke, heart attack, had to have his left kidney removed all after taking neurontin. | M | 80 | 900 days | 8/20/2005 | 5 | diabetic neuralgia back, leg foot | Side effects were funny. I had a | Neurontin is a bit of a wonderdrug for me. My Leg, back, and foot pain was unbearable. The Dr was reluctant to give anything like a narcotic or even a controlled sunstance since my problem was on going. I thought I was going to live a life of pain. But Neurontin took away the horrible disabilitating pain, (I still have pain but it is manageable)and the depression I had long going. I even wake up ready for a good day. I no longer have to push myself out of bed just to endure a day of pain. I feel like the light switch has been turned on after being off for a while. I can walk! before I was pretty much bed ridden or could not go far. I can get in and out of the car. I don't feel like life is a doom anymore. | M | 45 | 6 months | 6/10/2005 | 3 | Diabetic Neuropathy | Extreme dizziness, photophobia (sunlight is too bright, out side everything looks | Despite the side effects, the raging burning pain in my feet and legs was somewhat blunted leaving only a numb sensation. It does help with sleep. | F | 35 | 18 months | 7/26/2004 |
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. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA) FDA Approval Date: 1993-12-30