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 |
| 2 | Pain, sleep, anxiety, depression | Dysthymia, with alternating sudden and intense bouts of anger and suicidal ideations. Chronic ear infections, always feeling unwell, difficulty speaking. Never had a speech impediment, but around 5 months of use I frequently stutter, say the wrong words and slur my speech. | Did greatly help with sleep. I get quality sleep every day. Helped a little bit with pain. HORRIBLE FOR MOOD AND ANXIETY. Intensified both. What were mild issues have become CHRONIC and SEVERE. I often find myself paralyzed with dread and crying, something that NEVER happened before. | M | 23 | 7 months 200mg 1X day | 1/25/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | Bad hair loss | My hair fell out and it was ineffective | F | 43 | 4 months 2X day | 1/8/2014 | 1 | to taper from clonazapam | I take 300mgs 3x. Every time I take it I fall asleep or am so tired I cant talk right. i have flatulance so bad and my stomache is so distended and hard it hurts. Neurontin is not helping with clonazapam taper. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 300mgs 3x | 1/4/2014 | 2 | Nerve pain in legs | On 4th day, awoke from sleep with CRUSHING CHEST PAIN! Thought I was having a heart attack. | Looking up side effects, I realized it was the Neurontin that caused the chest pain. EKG showed no heart attack. Stopped immediately. | F | 70 | 4 days 300 mg 2X day | 12/30/2013 | 1 | lpr/left vocal fold hemiparesis | Drowsiness,"brain fog", worsening depression | F | 65 | 2 weeks 100 mgs 1X day | 12/22/2013 | 5 | fibromyalgia | Occasional dry mouth which is easily diminished by drinking plenty of liquids during the day. Which, of course, is what we should be doing anyway. BTW, I take the generic form. Gabapentin. | After slowly raising the dosage as indicated above over six month period, along with the inclusion of paxil and later cymbalta, the fibromyalgia and arthritic pain was and is easily controlled. I had pain and discomfort most of my life until I went on this regimen at age 48. | F | 73 | 25 years 1600 MG 2X day | 11/5/2013 | 5 | neuropothy, herniated disc | Brain Fog, Memory Problems, Low Back Pain, Decreased Coordination | M | 54 | 4 weeks 200 mg x 3 | 10/28/2013 | 5 | Fybromyalgia + Spinal Stenosis | None | Immediate relief from back, neck and leg pain and don't feel like a zombie like I did on amytriptylene. So far this has been nothing short of a miracle for me. I appreciate that it is early days but so far it's brilliant. I am hoping that I don't develop a tolerance and end up on mega mgs daily. My main concern is weight gain as I did have a craving for sweet stuff last night, fingers crossed it was a one off due to high level of activity yesterday, not possible previously due to pain. | F | 59 | 5 days 300 3X day | 8/31/2013 | 3 | idiopathic polyneuropathy | Anger forgetfulness ear ringing hunger zombification increased libido ataxia nasea vertigo | F | 29 | 2 months 300mg | 8/26/2013 | 3 | nerve pain from syringomyelia | weight gain, groggy during the day, insomnia at night, inconsistent results, edema in feet, ankles and lower limbs, | over 10yrs had various dosages from 900 to 3200 mgs per day, body would become immune to drug, go off it for about a week, then it would work again. decided to stop taking it completely about 1-1/2 months ago and deal with the pain and found out I didn't really know how lousy the drug made me feel and how it seemed to make my pain feel worse at times I am not looking for substitute drug, just plan on meditation & good diet. I understand there are foods that can help with nerve pain, and I will research that avenue. By the way, I lost the weight, but really think it was water retention from the drug. I rate it a 3 only because I was on it so long and believed my neurologist that this was the best thing for me. Sometimes we have to step back and make our own decisions when it comes to our bodies. | F | 65 | 10 years 600 mg 3X day | 8/16/2013 | 3 | neck pain | Bad dreams,mood swings,sleepy,deep pain...not as bad. I can move my neck at least. Feel drunk,will this stop? | F | 43 | 6 days 1-2at bed | 6/23/2013 | 5 | Sciatica | Orgasms not as strong. Some weight gain. I always suspected that my body aches and pains that have been increasing over the last few years and have culminated it seems leading to sciatic nerve pain, had everything to do with severe anxiety and depression. Miracle drug- taken away my physical and mental pain. I have a feeling of well being from decades ago and no more sciatic pain. It feels like a warm and loving hug that tells me it's ok to go out into the world and belong. I am so happy with this drug. I don't feel raw and edgy anymore. I feel safe now. | F | 43 | 10 days 300mg x2 | 6/11/2013 | 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 | 1 | Sleep | This is the most worthless medication I have ever taken. Might as well take nothing. It is completely worthless for me. Did not help me sleep at all. | M | 49 | 1 weeks 300 Mg | 5/24/2013 | 1 | neck pain bk pain due to bone disea | Dizzy loopy clumbsy sleepy all time..cant concentrste loss of sexual drive...increased pain along with falling and migraines | M | 40 | 2 years 1800mgs | 4/27/2013 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Nerve pain from cavernous angioma | I've been on this drug for 2 weeks now this time. Tried it a few months back at a lower dose and believed it didn't work but at a higher dose its providing relief and actually improved my mood. I'm talking to people in stores, which I would never do before!! I believe it's working great for me | M | 30 | 2 weeks 600 3/day | 3/28/2013 | 2 | back aches | dizziness | F | 38 | 3 months 800mg 4X day | 3/23/2013 | 4 | hot flushes | dry mouth | having been on hrt for thirteen years off and on,dr took me off them and hot flushes were unbearable,neurontin gave me back my life! | F | 63 | 100mg 3X day | 3/20/2013 |