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 |
| 1 | For RSD Chronic Pain | severe joint pain in the fingers, hands, knee down my leg and foot. swelling, weightgain, Memory loss, aggitation, chest pains feeling like a mini heart attack would feel, depression, anxiety, constipation, carried urinary tract infections that keep coming back, extremely tired, can't sleep most of the time. This stuff is killing me. | For Chronic Pain - Do not take it unless you want a lot more problems then you have now. That is my opinion!!! | F | 47 | 2 years | 9/27/2004 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | I might have a side effect of a dry throat like hibes. A little bit of dizziness at times. | I was up to 1800mg and wanted to go off it because nothing was happening Dr. increased me to 2400 Mg per day ( 4 x600) for Trigeminal Neuralgia. Today I go to 3,000 mg per day. If I don't get some relief then I will meet with the Dr. and taper off of Neurontin and request a new drug. Was up til 4 30am last night. My TN has increased so I don't know if going of Neurontin will all of a suded show me significant pain the the Neurontin was working. Now I feel it is not doing any good. I am interested in how long it takes to do any good. Manufacture was unable to give me that information. They also would not tell me how to taper off it.They said I had to see the dr. I did learn that it had a half life of 5 to 7 hours. I will not go off it cold turkey as I have read a lot about it. Call me or email me if you have any ecperience with this. | M | 64 | 6 weeks | 9/26/2004 | 1 | bi-pola, painkiller withdrawl pain | extasy type feeling, weight gain, unable to focus | When starting on it the dr gradually increased the dose to 4000k/day .I really don't think it helps too much, Think I would rather toughen it out then to continue this medication. | M | 35 | 2 years | 9/26/2004 | 3 | insomnia | withdrawl symptoms - sweating, shaking | F | 31 | | 9/21/2004 | 4 | Sleep Disorders | A bit groggy in the morning for the first couple of weeks at 300mg at bedtime but that cleared up. Dose lowered to 100mg/bed, no side effects. | Diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Restless Leg Syndrome. Supposedly gabapentin helps with RLS and other neurological sleep problems. It seems to help me, or at least my wife says I'm less active at night when I'm taking it. At 100 mg, a very low dose to be sure, I'm not really sure it's doing anything. | M | 44 | 2 years | 9/20/2004 | 1 | RSD | 2-3 times a day, I would have these episodes where I would either just fall asleep all of the sudden or become so weak/tingly in my arms/head that I couldnt move at all. They lasted about 2-3 hours each time. I've weened off the medication 4 days ago and its still happening. It never happened before neurontin and my doc says thats it. | F | 18 | 40 days | 9/20/2004 | 4 | fibromyalgia (neuralgia) | None noticed - rather than weight gain, though, I'm usually able to lose weight when I'd like and I've found it impossible. Could be this or the concurrent tramadol. | Using this in conjunction w/tramadol to reduce body pain: tramadol handled the joint & body pain, but not the neuralgia, which neurontin does. | F | 37 | 1 years | 9/16/2004 | 1 | panic attacks | A major worst yet ever panic attack. ALso had super sensitivities to sounds lights etc almost like being on a hallucinogenic | F | 34 | | 8/27/2004 | 1 | Fibromyalgia/Pain/Depression | Weight Gain of 3 sizes-Felt irritable,disoriented, spacey, unable to focus.Tremors to the point of not being able to ride in a car for more than 1/2 an hour, without tremors setting in.Severe depression. Edema of hands, feet and neck.Difficulty breathing and functioning in general.All sorts of tests done with no help. Finally realized that it was the neuronton that 'gradually' had caused these bad symptoms.My Dr.is helping to wean me off this drug. Withdrawl from neurontion is very difficult to go through. | While I feel this drug may be beneficial for seizures and certain types of pain, CAUTION should be used in taking this medication for any other usage then it was produced for. The 'bad' side effects are not worth the risk! | F | 41 | 8 months | 8/10/2004 | 3 | chronic pain | fatigue | M | 36 | 30 days | 7/30/2004 | 2 | Daily Headache over 5 weeks | Nothing | F | 26 | 15 days | 7/30/2004 | 3 | Migraines | Feeling of being high all the time, insomnia | F | 26 | 6 months | 7/28/2004 | 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 | 2 | Post back surgery, sciatica pain | Terrible pain in the joints of all my fingers, terrible pain in my knees, and also in all of my toes. I had edema, which was very bad in my legs, ankles and feet. I also had insomnia at times, and profuse sweating, especially at night while sleeping. Other times, I felt as if i couldn't get enough sleep. I also seemed to feel depressed, to the point that all I wanted to do was sleep, and at times, I had a very anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach for no apparent reason. | Taking Neurontin did not do anything for me, except give me heartache! I have had these terrible symptoms, and I have been tested for everything uner the sun, and all the tests have come back as nothing being wrong. I was going out of my mind, and i kept telling my husband and my family that I know my body, and I just know that something is not right. I went to a few different doctors, and none of them could figure out, and had no clue to what is wrong, and treated me for things they | F | 35 | 3 months | 7/22/2004 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | Drowsiness | I love this drug! It helps me sleep through the night and with my pain. I dont know what I would do without it. | F | 22 | 2 years | 7/18/2004 | 1 | to help me sleep | numbness & tingling in arms, thumbs & first two fingers leading eventually to severe pain in shoulder radiating down arm causing tendonits and eventually torn labrum which required surgery. | F | 51 | 2 months | 7/17/2004 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Nervous, muscle spasms in arms and hands, fog-like mental state. | F | 52 | 2 months | 7/17/2004 | 2 | nerve pain from severe spine problm | weight gain, depression, mood swings | have only been taking it 2 mos.but saw no difference in pain levels with 300x3/day. Lethargic all the time & feel sleepy but had much difficulty being able to sleep, depression but not positive it was from this drug. Definite nervousness with mood swings & sometimes hostility. Am going off it & have weaned down to 300x1, will take 1 every other day for a few days. If my pain continues to get worse I could try it again but probably won't. | F | 60 | 2 months | 7/16/2004 | 3 | Small fiber neuropathy hands/feet | First few weeks I couldn't sleep more than 5 hours. I was exhausted but couldn't return to bed. I still have trouble falling asleep. I don't know if it is the medicine or the situation but I went into a terrible state of depression at the beginning of this. I was taking 800mg x3 now I am down to 600mg x3.Gives me terrible dizziness and headaches during the | I am still on this med, unfortunately, It is the only thing that takes the pain away. | M | 28 | 5 months | 7/13/2004 | 5 | leg pain, depression | Extasy type reaction | Standing at my job this really takes all tiredness from my legs. Takes the edge of me from my depression. 3200 mg /day | M | 35 | 1 years | 7/10/2004 |