NEURONTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)

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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.   FDA Approval Date: 1993-12-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Chronic Pain - from Ruptured Disc Dizzyness, Equilibrium imbalance, Memory Loss, Comprehention, All-over muscle spasms, sometimes causing "pain spots" throughout body. I have been taking Neurontin for over 7 years now, at 600mg three times daily. The most noticeable side effect now is Memory Loss. It has escalated to the point family has mentioned they notice a problem. About one month ago, I recieved my usual one month dosage from my pharmacy. Attatched to it was a -complete "mini guidebook" as to all types of adverse reactions that can be attributed to this drug, including interaction with other drugs, case studies and results, effects of this drug on other body systems ect.. I found that Memory Loss is not listed anywhere, and am finding it odd considering it is the biggest long term side effect. No, I do not have epilepsy, therefore it is not related. In addition, I read that this drug can be the instigator for arthritis, particularly in the neck, whiich is where my injury initiated. Arthtis is now and additional medical problem of mine since the injury. In addition I found that one of my other prescribed drugs "time controlled morphine" is exposed to the body 44% times more when taken 2 hours within the time Neurontin is taken. F 40 8 years
6/3/2009
 2  CHRONIC PAIN FROM CAR ACCIDENT if tired would cause a high feeling, slurred speech, bloating, weight gain of 5# in a month, blurred vision, swelling of hands and feet Did not take the pain away completely. Dosed up to 2700 mg every day and it didn't take the edge off. F 29 1 months
5/19/2009
 4  Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Grogginess for the first few weeks and whenever the dose is raised. I have an atypical PHN that grew dramatically worse in my fifties (I had shingles in my 20s). Neurontin has been a miracle that gets me through the day. It isn't perfect as I still have some pain late in the day, but it isn't an opiate and it makes the pain manageable. I only take 1600mg a day to avoid brain fog. M 52 3 months
5/18/2009
 3   This isn't a review: Could someone tell me how long it took for the drug to kick in? LAst year when I used it, it helped immediately, when I first used it 3 months ago, it also worked within a few hours. Now, even though I've been still on it, my anxiety has returned. We've increased but i haven't seen anything happen. I'm so confused. Does this mean it's not gonna work? Or does this mean it could still work, just take longer? Or since cuz with my body, it has worked fast, the fact that it hasn't means it won't? I know these are questions for my doc, but I wondered what any of your experiences were.
5/15/2009
 5  Hot flashes drowsiness This has worked wonderfully for me. It makes my hot flashes shorter and less severe, and it lowers the feeling of anxiety that preceedes them. I only take it at night, and since it makes me drowsy, it helps with my insomnia as well. F 56 7 months
5/13/2009
 2  shingles/fibromyalgia Gabapentin was ok when I only took it at night but when the dose was increased to 3, 300mg a day I felt totally spaced out and was unable to go out! Maybe I should have continued it at night instead of increasing it as advised by my doctor but as it made me feel so 'wooly headed' I did not take anymore. F 64 7 days
5/9/2009
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 2  migraine prevention and rls Extreme fatigue, weight gain, severe leg twitching, memory problems, no migraine relief at all, dizzy and loss of balance, no energy, legs get weak just walking thru grocery store I have told my doctor about side effects and no relief from original issues. He increased my dosage and sent me to neurologist who blew me off and said come back in two months. I feel worse now physically than I ever have, I'm only 32 years old and I feel like I'm 70. I want off of this stuff, I've already tapered myself from 1800mg a day to 600mg a day but because the tablets are 600mg I'm not sure where to go from here. I feel like a fool for just getting on the med because my doctor said it would really help. I should have read up on it first. I can't recommend or not recommend but maybe sharing my experience will help somehow. Reading everyone elses experience helped validate a lot of what I was thinking about this drug. F 32 8 months
5/8/2009
 3  shingles Moody, sleepy ,bitchy.forgetful My husband is taking 3600 a day... What is this going to do to him ? I'm very concerned. They really dont say you cant drive while taking the meds but he is out of it most of the time.. M 47 30 days
4/30/2009
 3  3 weeks post shingles Sleepy, forgetful, mood swings Cut back to 600mg a day due to the side effects. It is somewhat effective, Dr. says it is the best for shingles pain..Who knows? F 59 3 weeks
4/14/2009
 2  Bipolar I Disorder Severe reflux w/food backing up into esophagus; bloating and gray bowel movements; kidney pain and infection; coughing up phlegm; worsening of asthma - highest dose 900 mg./day Was mildly effective at best. Side effects grew more severe with use. I've been off it for over 1 month and side effects are just now subsiding. F 55 2 months
4/7/2009
 3  Bipolar type 2 None that I'm aware of. No side effects but it only helps with the anxiety, and not very much. F 24 3 years
4/3/2009
 4  Neuropathic pain caused by MS Best: Feeling of extreme euphoria (like a high) Worst: sticky stools, smelly gas Other problems may be the MS or the Neurontin Did a good job of controlling my pain, but at high dose (taking 800 mg 4-5 times a day). Seems to be short acting, would feel it start to wear off after 4-5 hours. Discontinued it due to the GI side effects. Now take Lyrica (but no high :-( F 47 10 years
4/2/2009
 3  Trigeminal Neuralgia Confusion, nausea, dry mouth, dry throat, poor memory, fatigue. It helped a little bit with the pain but the side effects outweigh the benefits. I am having trouble remembering things and I feel tired all the time. I was on 1200mg/day for about 10 months. I am currently down to 300mg/day and hope to get off neurontin completely in a few weeks. F 31 10 months
3/31/2009
 2  Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Dizzyness. Drowsiness. Taking 300 mg TID. Still have to take Vicodin to get relief from pain. M 68 20 days
3/27/2009
 3  fibromyalgia weight gain, drowsiness all day and not much relief even at very high dosages. Pills are huge and difficult to swallow esp when taking several F 59 2 months
3/25/2009
 2   blur vision, tired, dizzy. M 43 2 years
3/22/2009
 4  Trigeminal Neuralgia and Headaches Weight gain! Thirsty all the time, forgetfulness, forget how to spell words or when talking to someone forget the word of something almost feel like I have alzhiemers at times...also there are times when I go to talk that my mouth doesnt want to move with the words I am trying to say...hard to explain..I have major problems sleeping, which is funny because the medicine does make you sleepy but then I am wide awake like 2 or 3 hrs later or there are times when it doesnt make me sleepy I am just plain wired! Yes it is a good drug. Definitely decreased my pain!! Basically it is just something you will have to talk to your Dr about and then if he recommends it then just try temporarily to determine how it works for you and if the benefits out weigh the negatives. I have tried to get off the medication before or there are times when I ran out and I was SEVERELY sick!! Major headache and nausea! F 37 3 years
3/20/2009
 1  Fibromyalgia My heart raced, I was hyper, agitated, edgy, on a "high", but not a good one. Couldn't sleep. Definitely was not the drug for me. Never felt so "out of sorts" as when I was on it. F 60 2 days
3/19/2009
 4  PLS-Post Laminectomy Syndrome Extremely chatty :-) , feeling like a "zombie", sleepiness, memory issues, VERY edgy, when decreasing the dosage I've had terrible eye twitches, mood swings and the edginess has gotten worse. Overall, it has been a GREAT drug for me! I feel that it really has cut down the amount of pain that I would have had without it. I have been able to distract myself (for the most part) from the side effects. F 32 5 months
3/9/2009
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 3  Hand tremor and siezure I feel tired on and off the fatigue goes away. Fine hadn tremor typically around 10 am and also at night 9 - 10 PM when I want to go to bed I feel a fine tremor on my back and neck area. Very funny feeling 2 x 300 mg I may go with 3 x 200mg if I can find it. 600mg/ is a low does for a my size. Take with a glass a water and make sure you keep hydrated. It seems to dehydrate the body. ALSO if you DO NOT keep hydrated it develops into headache/migraine...lasts 12 to 30 hrs M 44 14 months
3/9/2009
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