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 | RSD and nerve pain | Terribly wobbly, unfocused, sleepy but can't sleep more than 5 hours, increased urination, increased joint and muscle pain, bottoms of my feet are killing me since I started taking it, bloated abdomen, constipation. Have only been taking 3 weeks and only on 2nd step of my increase to 900mg. Am seriously considering stepping back down and off. Have had RSD for 1 1/2 years and see no difference in pain in arm but extreme pain in places I never had it before | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 7/10/2004 | 5 | headaches | none | 28 | | 7/8/2004 | 4 | Mood Stabilization (BPD) | Taking in combination with other medications (Effexor and Xanax)-- but did notice an immediate difference from the beginning as far as controlling mood swings. After more than a year, dosage has been increased with increasing | Sometimes the | F | 39 | 1 years | 7/7/2004 | 5 | | 6/13/2004 | 5 | | 6/4/2004 | 4 | | 6/3/2004 | 5 | Sciatica | Very sedating at first, but this decreased over time. | It relieved the severe, constant, bilateral sciatica when absolutely nothing else worked. I think it's very important to start at a very low dose & gradually increase it to avoid side effects. Also, anything high in magnesium (foods, otc meds, etc.) and/or fiber will block its effectiveness. | F | 47 | 4 years | 5/28/2004 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Swollen feet and legs | Neurontin did absolutely nothing for me. Worthless. | F | 51 | 2 months | 5/19/2004 | 3 | bipolar | blurred vision, headache, severe pain in back of neck, migraine like symptoms, shoulder ache | Psychiatrist said there were NO SIDE EFFECTS to this drug. After taking one day I experienced the stated side effects. I went back to the doctor and he insist that the things I experienced are not because of this drug. I welcome feedback see email. | F | 37 | 2 days | 5/13/2004 | 1 | Pain | Extreme withdrawal pain - horrible. Still attempting to get off of it after 5 months with continued electrical shooting pain. | F | 56 | 3 years | 5/4/2004 | 5 | Guillain Barre | This was the only medication that relieved the severe nerve pain I experienced with Guillain Barre. It allowed me to focus on recovery following complete paralysis (instead of needing to cope with pain), and for that I will be forever grateful. I am now fully functional without any residual nerve problems. | F | 47 | 8 months | 4/30/2004 | 3 | nerve pain, from RSD | weight gain (up 4 sizes in 9 months) | It worked for a little while, but I had to keep upping the dose to keep on top of the pain. Ended up giving up when I was taking 1500mg a day and tried something else. The weight dropped off straight after I stopped taking it. | F | 26 | 9 months | 4/28/2004 | 2 | low back pain | Extreme bloating and abdomin pain; constipation | Thought I was going to explode after two weeks of taking it. | F | 32 | 14 days | 4/26/2004 | 5 | occipital neuropathy | initially on only 100 mg taken at night I experienced blurred/double vision and brain fog, but now I'm up to 300 mg taken once in the evening, and do not have vision problems anymore. Morning headaches have all but disappeared! Sometimes I still wake up in the night, but now it is with a very happy, peaceful (almost | I also alternate between flexeril and ativan at bed time for anxiety, as well as a daily dose of effexor for anxiety. | F | 45 | 60 days | 4/25/2004 | 1 | | 4/23/2004 | 1 | nerve damage/pain | weight gain, extreme fatigue,total loss of energy. slept all the time. Had to take 1800mg daily to get full benifts | helped burning nerve pain best. But the loss of my energy and feeling like my life was falling apart were not worth it. This drug also causes Solemence which I feel atributes to overeating then weight gain (gained 45lbs. in one year) | F | 32 | 1 months | 4/23/2004 | 2 | vulvoneuritis and fibromyalgia | The drug brought on skin pain-- like open sores. I discontinued it even though my doctor said it was obviously | F | 64 | 1 weeks | 4/18/2004 | 3 | Facial neuralgia after oral surgery | Drowsiness, being unable to think clearly, anxiety, mood swings, depression, heart palpitations, lack of co-ordination,muscle weakness etc.changes in sleeping pattern -sometimes very sleepy, somtimes unable to sleep | Helps the pain but higher doses (3*300mg/day) caused unpleasant mental side effects | F | 29 | 21 days | 4/6/2004 | 3 | epilepsy | blurred vision, but overall better than Tegretol, clearer head, not groggy | after two years use developed joint pains: shoulder, elbow burned to the point I thought I was experiencing heart attack symptoms or had broken clavicle. Doctor said tennis elbow, golf elbow, strained muscles, etc. I stopped use three days ago and pains are diappearing. | M | 43 | 2 days | 4/5/2004 | 5 | nerve pain after back surgery | occassional dizziness, mental fogginess at times (like I can't think straight, I can't think of words, etc), anxiety | I started out on 300 mg 2x daily in combination with skelaxin (muscle relaxant) 800 mg 3x daily. I have finally found relief with taking the Neurontin, 300 mg, 5x daily w/o the skelaxin. I definately know when I have missed my Neurontin dosages. With the Neurontin, I am pain free. | F | 37 | 9 days | 3/27/2004 |