GABAPENTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)

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GABAPENTIN  (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: 2003-09-12 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  Chronic back pain, hip pain, and fo Burning in my throat, still have insomnia, back,hips,and feet still have pain, night sweats, mood swings,crazy dreams, always tired and loss feeling, took before did work then but, my government insurance, is cutting out all the decent drugs. I also take 10mg of Oxytocin twice a day, that doesn't help either. F 48 3 weeks
300
5/12/2016
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 1  shingles Does not relieve shingles or resulting neuralgia pain in the least. I truly have to question dr recommendations on a drug that was never intended to relieve nerve pain. Side effects I currently suffer are forgetfulness, dizziness, brain-fog, nausea, no relief from pain whatsoever and did I mention forgetfulness? This drug never intended to effectively treat nerve pain. Both gabapentin and lyrica have no understandable action of efficacy, but all studies sponsored by the maker of the drug (bias, no controls for bias, confounders, etc). Independent studies by others needs to be done on these medications and for certain, we'll find out that neither really acts as the claims promote. M 39 45 days
300 4X day
4/21/2016
 1  Nerve pain off label prescribing Gabapentin the withdrawal from cause a psychotic break seeing things hearing things like living in a dream world but you're awake intense fear if something horrible happening absolutely debilitating it's started in October can't get off the medication because if you get off the medication it will destroy your mind 28 years old no previous history of mental illness at all Pfizer Pharmaceuticals is the one putting out Gabapentin and new rotten they own the generic company and they own the name brand company F 29 2 years
800 x 3
4/13/2016
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 5  Bipolar Loss of sex drive. Unable to reach orgasm. It really brought me out of a depression to a place where I felt great. F 46 1 years
1200mg
4/8/2016
 5  Nerve pain in neck due to arthritis I honestly have not noticed any side effects Has helped me tremendously. F 60 90 days
600 3X day
3/19/2016
 1  nerve pain and numbness from disc p Dizzy, rapid heart rate, dropped my blood pressure to 82/50. Scary stuff, I would rather be in pain then feel like this Terrible drug F 46 2 days
300 mg
10/27/2015
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 1  Herniated disc Dizziness, sore ears, foggy head, nerve pain, agitation, palpitations, drowsiness, nausea, lack of appetite. Awful withdrawal I would not wish to take gabapentin ever again. The side effects have been awful as has the withdrawal symptoms. It worked well with my pain in my back/ legs. But would rather have the pain than all the side effects!!!! F 36 2 months
300mgs x 3
10/18/2015
 3  herniated disc in neck, nerve pain Dizziness, shaking, inability to orgasm!! Started on a 300mg dose x 3 daily. Still had pain therefore increased dose to 600mg x 3 daily.pain has now gone however I am completely unable to orgasm 😭😭😭 why is there always a down side to every up??? F 37 6 weeks
600mg
5/5/2015
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 3  nerve damage from back swelling of hands and backalso and balancingsome headaches F 49 3 days
400
3/24/2015
 5  Trigeminal Neuralgia In the beginning drowsiness and hazziness. Once I got used to it all this disappeared. This drug has been a life saver having suffered with TN for years. There is a but in that there are side effects if you want to come off the drug that you should be aware of. I get them straight away if I miss taking the medication. Things like dry itchey skin, insomnia, perspiring at night and headaches. M 53 12 years
1200 2X day
2/17/2015
 1  Bipolar Disorder, MDD,GAD, PTSD Worsening of severe mental state of mind, irrational thoughts, major depression, anxiety and panic attacks, paranoia, suicide ideation, severe tremors, short term memory and cognitive function decline. Suffered horrendous tremors and body aches. Posture and walking difficulty. Felt as if I was drunk. Mental instability with crying. This medication should not be used for Bipolar disorder. Suffered a frightening experience with Gabapentin. I was diagnosed Bipolar Depressive last year after many years battling MDD and PTSD. I have taken several of the common SSRI's and SNRI and never experienced and an unsettling mind state of complete uncontrollable erratic fluctuations in my thought process. I have been off Gabapentin for three weeks and I am symptom free. This was absolutely frightening! M 56 5 months
300 mg 5X day
1/18/2015
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 5  sciatica Weight gain, slight drowsiness Helps my sciatica pain so much. I can handle the side effects, not the pain. This medicine works great for me F 36 1 years
300 mgs
1/4/2015
 5  severe spinal stenosis The only side effect is weight gain. Its really "depressing' although I"m NOT depressed. My choices were back surgery, pain or weight gain. I'm sticking with my new curves! This drug has saved me from further spinal blocks, surgery and extreme pain. I still have some pain, but NOT the intensity. Gabapentin has returned me to my very busy life! F 74 1 years
900mg 3X day
10/2/2014
 1  pain in my feet from diabetes. Tired,dizzy,foggy,couldn't focus,siezture,dry mouth,dirrha,constipation, depressed, M 70 3 months
100 mgs
9/27/2014
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 1  Fibromyalgia, PN Horrible nightmares, depressed mood, out-of-it feeling, drowsy. This drug created such a disturbing feeling that I could not take it for more than two doses. Within two hours of the first one I felt depressed and hopeless. If you have any history of depression, please be very careful of this drug. Can't speak to long-term effects. Did not notice any pain relief from either dose. Would not recommend to anyone with h/o depression and/or anxiety. F 42 2 days
300 mg 1X day
8/21/2014
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 4  MS - Severe Nerve Pain I had my first MS attack about 6 months ago. Along with many other symptoms, I had severe nerve pain in various places in my body, especially my neck, upper back, shoulders and lower back. Neuro started me out on 100 mg, 3 x Daily and made me gradually increase the mg, stating that it must be at least 300 mg doses in order to be effective for pain. If you start out on the higher doses before your body gets used to it, you will have severe problems with sleepiness, dizziness, lethargy, etc. If your doc doesn't explain this to you, you should get another doctor! This is a fantastic medication for severe, debilitating nerve pain! I have searched for years for anything that would ease my pain and this does wonders! Start out at 100 mg, 3 x daily, and gradually increase (and I mean GRADUALLY) to at least 300 mg, 3 x daily! Stay at that dose for a few weeks and see if it helps you. If it doesn't, then gradually move up to 600 mg, 3 x daily, and so on! You cannot double the dosage Don't get me wrong, I still have pain and take opioids, ibuprophen, and tramadol at times. I also take Baclofen for severe spasticity and muscle pain. I think the doctor at my Pain Clinic needs to raise the dosage of my Gabapentin, because I notice my pain getting worse every day, but I could not survive without this medication! The dosage limits are very high and seemingly more effective the higher the dosage. Small doses like 100 mg, will not work at all for pain! Good luck to all of you! You deserve to be pain-free! Blessings! F 46 5 months
600 3X day
5/2/2014
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 5  Neuropathy Has worked well for the neuropathy and weakness I was experiencing. Only bothersome side effect is feeling drowsy but only take 100mg in the morning and 200mg at night which helps. Overall am very pleased with the results so far F 45 3 months
300mg
4/27/2014
 2  its the generic of. neurontin The generic works sometimes but differently. The namebrand is consistant. Short-term memory loss. Physical and emotional distress. The worst is withdrawing from it. I tried cold turky. Big mistake. As the nerves started to feel again then the thought patterns went to manic. If it clouds the pain in body and the brain works with the same concept. I was overwhelmed. It does work forchronic pain but the mental cost in the long run isnt worth it. Im going to wing myself off of it. Im chronic with hep c adhd and bipolar now but was normal 4 years ago. Cant say if its the hep or meds just know im way different and now have panic attacks. Ima hermit now. My viral load is over 14 mil. Im going totaly holistic now.everyone is different but we are treated by statistics. Do the research yourself. Long hot baths help with pain and ive noticed with less pain i have less attacks. I want to live normal again. Also when you stop taking it .it makes you shake alot and its hard to readapt mentaly. It clouds pain receptors which is also how the brain reacts with the body and how you react with others and situations. It was worth trying and some might like to be clouded. I dont. Goodluck to all and do your own research. Nobody knows you better then you. M 43 2 years
24 to 3200
3/23/2014
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 4  Back pain-abnormal spine curvature Fatigue hits about 1 hour after taking, however if you are active it soon passes. Very important to take just as prescibed(with or without food). It works very well for my pain most days. F 42 3 months
600
2/10/2014
 3  CRPS Memory problems, blurred vision, difficulty concentrating, very drowsy I believe it has helped some of my neuropathic pain as part of a treatment combination of sympathetic blocks and other pain medications. I don't believe it would work on its own very well. M 42 14 days
100 3X day
12/2/2013
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