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 |
| 3 | Nerve pain, spinal stenosis, arthri | Severe swelling of legs and lower abdomin. Profuse sweating and discomfort if Not taken every 8 hours. Lack of energy, sleep disorders, not able to sleep sometimes, groggy at others. I also developed severe hand tremors. Loss of energy. It does reduce pain so I was reluctant to not use the neurontin once I started using it. | Doctors thought that the swelling in my legs was due to congestive heart failure. I had every test in the book to determine what was causing the swelling. They diagnosed it as lymphodema of unknown origin. After getting off neurontin which was a very bad withdrawl, my severe swelling, tremors & sweats went away. Keep away, warning. Neurontin is not approved by the FDA for anything but seizures and there are better drugs for that. Take anything but neurontin for your pain. Warning! It almost killed me. My doctor didn't have a clue there were side effects. He has prescribed it numerous times for pain. Others had sleep disorders and sweats but not the severe swelling (adema) or tremors I had. | M | 67 | 2 years | 3/26/2004 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Inability to focus and it makes mee feel depressed. I do not feel refreshed after sleeping. | F | 29 | 2 months | 3/26/2004 | 3 | sleep disorder, post head injury | 300 mg once/day at night: frequent (!!) urination, dry skin, groggy when waking, dull feeling throughout day, a bit depressed, possible hair losswarning: i went through withdrawal when I stopped, not as bad when i tapered, but it can still make you feel terrible at first- don't worry. tough it out, bc it only last a few days. | The medication definitely helped sleep disorder- it knocked me out at night and I slept pretty well, but waking was hard. A higher dose helped this grogginess, but the lethargy and dullness did not go away. This is the worst problem because my work output has been poor. The weight gain was mild- 7 pounds- but not desired. I have stopped to see if neurontin is the cause of hair loss. If not, i will resume. | F | 39 | 6 months | 3/1/2004 | 4 | ABNORMAL PERIOD | CAN THIS CAUSE MISSED PERIOD OR SPOTTING. | F | 31 | | 2/16/2004 | 4 | Neuropathy in legs | It leaves me a little groggy in the morning, but nothing like the sleeping pills that i was taking which only induced sleep. With Neurontin, it keeps my legs still and takes the nerve pain away and relaxes me somehow, without making me feel like I'm drugged. My sleep now is comparable to a natural sleep pattern instead of taking, Ambien, or Xanax, which has terrible side effects, and is not supposed to be taken for any length of time, and just knocks you out. I'm very much pleased so far with the Neurotin. | F | 39 | 2 weeks | 2/12/2004 | 4 | bi-polar disorder | i take this in combination with many medications. weight gain and fatigue are the most prominent side effects though this could be linked to the lithium i take as well. Used to take Lamictal but had to stop due to rash | Decent medication, set aside from cost. | F | 33 | 5 months | 12/23/2003 | 5 | epilepsy/organic mood disorder | weight gain BIG TIME but not much else | Works really well at controlling siezures and mood. Has definately kept me out of the mental hospital. | F | 42 | 4 years | 12/19/2003 | 2 | Peripheral Neuropathy | No side effects. I'm not even sure it is working. I take 1 600mg tab 3 times a day. | M | 35 | 4 years | 12/8/2003 | 5 | Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | None that I'm aware of. | I'm taking it in conjunction with Trileptal and the combination has been working for me. I do have side effects but they appear to be from the Trileptal. | F | 30 | 6 months | 11/18/2003 | 2 | pain | M | | 10/26/2003 | 3 | pysic med | | 7/10/2003 | 3 | pysic med | none | it seems to be helping with my mood changes.overall i fill alot better :o) | M | 37 | 10 days | 7/10/2003 | 3 | Anxiety | I had missed my neurontin for one week (400mg). Once back on, the anxiety was unbearable. My doctor increased my dosage to 500mg daily, spread throughout the day, but I feel worse. I feel labored breathing, a mental foginess but yet edgy and nervous inside. A general malaise and some depression. I am currently on Prozac as well and that has been increased to 60mg daily. I have this feeling that I'm crawling in my own skin and want to get out! | I keep hearing that you have to continually increase your dosage. I'm afraid of that and any possible addictive qualities of the medicine. | F | 44 | 8 months | 6/2/2003 | 3 | | 5/1/2003 | 1 | bipolar disorder | fatigue, drowsiness, dissassociatin, diarrhea, weight gain, trouble in thinking, nervous twitching when trying to sleep, trouble sleeping, frequent urination, and not caring about anything | I stopped taking this drug against doctor's advise when the symptoms became too severe. It was 4 days after I stopped taking before I could rouse myself enough to call the doctor again. I still find myself sitting and staring into space. I try to read and can't concentrate, though reading has always been one of my greatest joys. Some books are just too hard for me to read for more than a paragraph or two. This drug only made me worse, and I may end up losing my job as a result of taking it and being unable to go to work. These side effects did NOT start immediately when I began taking the drug, but rather after a few weeks; then steadily worsened. | F | 49 | 5 weeks | 3/13/2003 | 2 | nerve pain from syringomyelia | weight gain (50 pounds in four years); depression, anxiety, panic attacks; loss of sensation in legs | I feel much better off it than I felt on it | F | 32 | 4 years | 1/27/2003 | 5 | MANIC-DEPRESSIVE, MENOPAUSE | I think it has caused a slight blurring of my vision, other than that it has been wonderful. It has controlled my mood swings almost completely. | F | 41 | 2 years | 1/24/2003 | 2 | PAIN | NONE | I am indigent; the Pharm.D. at my doctor keeps losing my paperwork; she helped me get it 2x. I've taken it 90 doses, then done without, then taken it 90 doses again; I can't afford it and I can't take it long engough at any one given time to tell if it's going to help me or not; I'm tired of filling out paperwork which has been going on since 9/2002 so I probably won't be trying this again because I've had it with the Pharm.D. at the doctor's office. | F | 49 | 2 times | 1/12/2003 | 3 | lyme disease pain | none | F | 50 | 14 days | 12/6/2002 | 1 | Migraine Headaches | Chest pains, hot flashes, shortness of breath, face swelling, worsening of headaches, confusion, inability to focus, trembling, neck pains, soreness in shoulders, | F | 38 | 10 days | 11/11/2002 |