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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | migraines | slight drowsiness, no sex drive | F | 34 | 2 months 600 3X day | 11/1/2010 | 1 | cronic pain | trouble with speech,walking,seeing. muscle spasms falling down can't remember things no change in pain level depression no sex drive. can't sleep weight gain swelling of hands and legs/feet. just wanting to die some days!I | it is poison!!! please don't take it! go illeagle before they kill you with this one | F | 48 | 13 months 600 4X day | 10/25/2010 | 1 | Nerve Pain | Can't Orgasm! Loss of Words! Weight Gain! | F | 30 | 2 months 600 MG 3X day | 10/25/2010 | 2 | PHN | relived pain but I was wired [not a good high] Could not relax. Reduced to 300 1x. Still wired, got ADD type symptoms. When writing, all my paragraphs only 2 sentences long. Couldn't really sleep,woke up constantly or had totally weird nightmares. Flushes and sweats. | Have been cutting way down. breaking capsules. reduced to 150mgs and the pain relief stopped but not the wired feeling or the restless nights with horrid nigthmares. Am tired and haven't slept well in 2 weeks now. Cut down to 1/3 capsule today and hope to quit in next couple of days. I cannot tolerate the dosage that relieves the chronic nerve pain. | F | 70 | 14 days 300 2X day | 10/23/2010 | 2 | Stroke / Tri-geminal Neuralgia | Very fatigued, uncoordinated movements, severe body jerking, facial twitching, depression, suicidal thinking, short term memory loss, burning sensation in hands and feet, metal taste in mouth, small lumps under skin, acne. | I started this medication because of intense pain in the left side of my face after a possible stroke. Initially it made me very thirsty and sick to my stomach. Continued as there was not another pain med I was willing to take. Some pain in face resolved, but never had full pain relief. Started noticing I was becoming very forgetful. I forgot important things and started making mistakes. Pretty soon the memory loss affected my quality of life. I was unable to concentrate and noticed my face started to twitch like Parkinson's Disease. My feet and fingers burned constantly. Several times I tried to come off the med but had terrible withdrawal syndrome. I couldn't stand the intense panic I felt when trying to wean off. After recently reading about drug-induced dementia from psychiatric and other anti-cholinergenic drugs I decided to try again to wean myself off. Happy to report that I am now free from neurontin for one day. I went from 900 milligrams to two weeks of 600 milligrams, then two weeks of 300 milligrams a day, then two days of 150 milligrams and today none! I had severe chest pain and panic disorder while withdrawing. Several sleepless nights. But, today my face is not twiching and I did not have any full body jerks either. I have residual pain in the left side of my face. Take side effects seriously. Remember, almost every class of drugs can damage your body and/or brain function permanently. | F | 53 | 3 years 300 3X day | 10/20/2010 | 1 | PAIN | CONFUSION, SWEATING, DID NOT TAKE PAIN AWAY, BALANCE PROBLEMS, WORD RECALL, INTELLECTUAL DENSENESS, PALSY LIKE SYMPTOMS IN FACE | F | 57 | 2 years 900MG 1X day | 10/18/2010 | 1 | Pain | Worse pain. Doesn't work. Only makes the pain worse. | M | 33 | 4 weeks 900 3X day | 10/17/2010 | 4 | nerve pain due to vertrebral fractu | Weight gain, extreme tiredness | F | 47 | 300mg 3X day | 10/11/2010 | 1 | migraines | Word retrieval difficulties, memory loss, dizziness, sleeplessness, feeling like I was in a fog, difficulty concentrating, disorganized, confused... | Not worth the side effects. I plan to discontinue taking this drug. | F | 51 | 3 weeks 900 3X day | 10/11/2010 | 4 | mirgrianes | I am taking this along with the Mayo clinic recommendation vitiamin regime to prevent mirgraines. I take 4 vitiamns and 1200 mg of neurontin before bed. I have been able to reduce my migraines from 15 a month to 6 to 7. I am having trouble with anxiety and depression with this combo so my physcian has added clonzenpam to help. I have tried alot of prevention meds and this is the only thing that has come close to giving me relief. 3 of the mirgraines come during that time of the month so my mirgraines are all about my hormones going up and down. | M | 36 | 9 months 1200 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 4 | lower back / sciatic nerve pain | Very alert and chatty, yet a little dopey, forgetfulness, clumsiness/balance off, weird and frequent dreams. | While my official dosage says "300 x 3", I was advised to take it all at once, right before I go to work to get me through the night (I work third shift). It seems it makes others tired, but it makes me quite hyper about two hours after I take the medication and the "buzz" lasts for about six hours. It works fine for me though, and I've gotten used to the side effects- I have no leg pain at all while it's in my system. | M | 41 | 2 years 900 1X day | 10/9/2010 | 1 | leg pain | I felt like I was floating out of my body, tired, was talking to dead people, and could not sleep. I felt very afraid, weak and moved like a zombie. It did not stop the pain, burning, numbness and tingling in my legs. | F | 55 | 4 days 300 MG 2X day | 9/30/2010 | 2 | shoulder/arm pain C6&7 slip discs | hot, red, dry face; constipation & diarrhoea; unpleasant taste in mouth | Update...I still have all the side-effects previously mentioned, but now I also have constipation (and random bouts of explosive diarrhoea!), an annoyingly red face that feels sun-burnt (so red, that my friends have commented on it) - I wasn't sure if I had become sun-senisitive or if it is a kind of rash, so I have been wearing high-factor sunscreen with no difference so I conclude it's a kind of rash. I have a horrible chemical taste in my mouth that is present even while I am eating. I wake up every morning totally exhausted, so I think there is very little benefit from taking this drug. I am finding it impossible to do my job too, which is in turn causing even more anxiety and depression....I think I preferred working in agony and only getting a few hours' sleep a night. | F | 37 | 3 weeks 300mg 3X day | 9/23/2010 Patient History | 4 | peripheral neuropathy | It makes me very tired, memory loss, trouble organizing thoughts | I have tried many medications to stop the electrical shocks/pain in my feet and legs. This is the only thing that has worked. I see others put that they feel high from it. I'm on such high doses, however, I do not notice any effect like that. The side effects are going to cost me my career, but I cannot live with the pain if I stop. I take 1200 mg 3X during the day and 2400 mg prior to bed. | M | 41 | 11 months 6000mg 1X AN | 9/20/2010 | 1 | nerve damage | Horrible nightmares!!! Night sweats galore. The next day I'm dizzy, like I had been drinking all night. My vision is blurry. Weird and creepy thoughts, dont feel like myself. Takes hours to fall asleep. Then when I do, I wake up every hour with a night mare. | The only good thing I can say about this drug, is that when I take it I dont feel any pain. But the side effects are not worth it! | F | 36 | 2 months 300 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 5 | Depression/ncontrollable Thoughts | Apathetic, very slight sedation (super slight) | Neurontin, combined with lamictal and wellbutrin, has helped me function. Neurontin keeps my mood stable during stressful times (i.e. nursing school). However, it does make me a bit apathetic, so make sure to maintain focus on important tasks and people in your life. | M | 28 | 6 years 200 3X day | 9/12/2010 | 4 | Chronic Neck pain | Forgetfulness, inability to find words. Helps me sleep great. The minute I decrease my dosage the pain returns. Vivid dreams often. Occasional lightheadedness after morning dosage. | I have wondered if it has decreased my sex drive or ability to have an orgasm. Overall, I decrease my dosage for that time period or time it to when my next dosage would be due. | F | 43 | 2 years 600 3X day | 9/9/2010 | 1 | Neck, Shoulder, & Side Pain | Dizziness and worse pain. I can't think of any positives. It not only didn't work for pain, but it actually made the pain worse and caused even more tingling and electrical shock sensations. | M | 33 | 30 days 900 3X day | 9/6/2010 | 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 | Neck and Low Back Pain | Loss of mental acuity, Loss of words, extremely lethargic, weight gain, no sex drive, felt like I had an inner ear or sinus infection at times, trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, night sweats, social anxiety... oh and it's also softened the enamel on my teeth to the point I've had to have 6 teeth fixed b/c of cracking or breaking (and I've never had trouble w/my teeth or a cavity up until I started this medication..my prescribing doctor said it wasn't a side effect or possible but my dentist said that Neurontin does weaken tooth enamel in some patients.) | I've been weaning down from 3600 mg/4 day to 400 mg/2 day over the past several months. It's a very slow process. I've noticed though in the past 2 wks since I've been down to 800 mg a day, I've had awful stomach pain and acid. Throwing up daily pretty much. Want to get off this poison though b/c I had surgery on my low back 20 months ago and neck 11 months ago. The surgeries have taken 85% of my nerve pain away so I don't see the need for this medication any longer. Amazingly, the doctors couldn't wait to decrease my pain meds but no one thought to mention it was time to get off this medication. I was given this medication for disc pain and pinched nerves. The PCP sold it to me as a great alternative for pain pills. He never mentioned all these side effects though when he started me on this awful, horrible medicine. Sure I read the insert but who really thinks that they will suffer from the adverse, rare side effects?! I can't wait to be rid of this medicine from my body! I can tell though it's going to be difficult quitting it. The withdrawal for me has been terrible..anxiety, stomach cramping, nausea, vomiting and tiredness. This medicine is the devil. | F | 32 | 5 years 800mg 4X day | 9/1/2010 |