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 | femural lateral nerve damage | Moody, angry, nightmares, dizziness, faint feeling, migraine | I hate this medicine, but I have tried to lower dosage and the prickles and pains in my leg became worse in doing so. My leg nerve damage is a result of abdominal surgery - I woke up from surgery with a numb right thigh. Then after the pain meds from the surgery wore off, my leg started getting stabbing pains and constant pins and needles sensation. I can't even stand to touch my thigh, like even putting on lotion. I was told by a neurosurgeon that this type of nerve damage may or may not heal and if it will heal, the healing time is 12 to 18 months. I had a bad migraine spell about 10 years ago but not again until the last few months on this Gabapentin. Anyone else out there have faint feelings and headaches while on this? Also, has anyone weaned off Gabapentin, and if so, at what rate. I'd like to try it myself without going to the Dr. and paying for him to maybe say reduce dosage maybe 100mg a day and I don't know for how long. But the warning to not stop this medication without talking to your doctor scares me -- like will I have seizure even though I've never had one? And if you slowly wean, are there NO problems? | F | 62 | 5 months 400 3X day | 8/12/2011 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | I keep gaining weight, feel tired after a night's sleep, hungry all the time, stumble and nearly fall often, brain's in a fog, sleepy most of the time. I was on 900mg and told Dr. I could not take it; he said take 2 at night; couldn't do that either, so I cut myself back to 1 at night and still feel bad! Have had this pain for 25 yrs & have decided I'd rather have the pain (& that's really saying something!) than this drug! | This is the third time I've been put on this drug and it gets worse each time. | F | 75 | 5 months | 7/30/2006 | 1 | BECAME VERY DEPRESSED ALMOST SUICIDAL. STILL HAVING BAD EFECTS FROM IT, AFTER STOPPING IT OVER 2 MONTHS AGO. | HOW DO i GET BACK TO NORMALITY. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE .THIS DRUG HAS RUINED THIS YEAR FOR ME. | F | 81 | 5 months 600 3X day | 11/5/2010 | 1 | Spinal stenosis pain | Took at night and sedating effects lasted throughout the next day. Disoriented at night and heightened confusion in my mom with slight dementia | Would not recommend use in the elderly | F | 83 | 5 months 100 mg | 6/1/2019 | 5 | chronic migraine | weight gain, dizziness, and slowed thought processes on 1800 mg | Neurontin has changed a daily headache to a treatable weekly headache. This drug gave me pain free time to do the things I enjoy. | F | 57 | 6 months | 11/20/2009 | 5 | nerve pain from scar tissue from surgery | First week I felt calm and drunk or high. I cut back to one before bedtime. After I got used to that I added the daytime pill and the nerve pain is gone. It used to hurt so bad and prevent me from enjoying life. Now the previous side effects have subsided and I still don't hurt. No more Advil or Tramadol or hydrocodone! It stopped my decade-long pain. | Neurontin can be used with most other medicines I've taken without side effects. | F | 50 | 6 months 300 mg x 2 | 12/20/2014 | 5 | Neuralgia | Sleepiness, dizziness, memory loss. | I have been on Neurontin several times, and the side effects are always the same. I am sleepy all the time, dizzy all the time, and have no short term memory. I have bounced so many checks because I forgot that I used my debit card. I think the makers of Neurontin should pay my overdrafts! | M | 24 | 6 months | 7/27/2009 | 5 | Migraine | None that I can tell. | After suffering from nearly non-stop migraines the last 2 years, my neurologist had me try neurontin 6 months ago. It has been a miracle drug for me. I started with 400mg 3 times per day and within 2 days my migraines were gone. I can now take 400mg just once or twice per day to keep my headaches away. Prior to this my neurologist tried most traditional migraine medication plus i took tylenol 4. | M | 51 | 6 months | 3/14/2008 | 5 | RA and Neuropathy | My side effects include memory problems, sleepiness and swelling of face, hands, and feet. | I'm sure I had memory problems before taking the Neurotin because my pain was so severe I didn't think or care. I never slept so the sleepiness is a blessing to me. I started at 2400mg last month. That is when the swelling began. Not sure if it is related to the drug or not. Right now i just swallowed 1600 mg tonight as per doctor's orders. Feeling no pain at all but wow I'm really spaced out.Great drub for me, love being able to function somewhat in my life whereas before taking 4 pain pills a day, "percocet" and 2 xanax a day never lessened the pain like Neurotin has. I can add a couple 5 mg hydrocodone a day with the Neurotin and I'm good for the day, still some pain but part of my family again. I don't know what I will do if I build up a tolerance to it. I've went from 900 to 3200mg in 6 months. I've got to live with this the rest of my life. | F | 55 | 6 months 3200mg 4X day | 1/11/2013 | 5 | Severe Cipro-induced joint pain | 100mg 1x day (at bedtime). Initially, I felt lethargic during the day and didn't have much motivation (due to lethargy), but that subsided after 2-3 weeks. | I had a kidney infection in June, 2006 and was given Cipro. Within just a few days of taking the Cipro, I developed SEVERE joint pain. After lots of tests, my doctor and I finally figured out it was from the Cipro. I was given a variety of pain killers from vicodin to celebrex -- nothing worked. The doctor then gave me the low dose of Neurontin. I was very skeptical since nothing else had helped. I was utterly amazed when it did work. I wasn't happy about the lethargy, but that was better than the pain, and within a few weeks, the lethargy subsided and I returned to a normal life. In December, 2006, I was able to stop taking the Neurontin and am now mostly pain-free. I have had no side-effects from taking it or stopping it. As far as weight gain, I did gain ~8 pounds, but some of that was prior to even starting the medicine because it hurt so bad to move, therefore I can't blame the medicine. I have lost some of that weight, but I think it's just because I was able to become | F | 40 | 6 months | 1/4/2007 | 5 | Nerve pain down my legs , numbness | makes me sleepy slrred speech | it helps with my numbness in my hips and goes down my legs. I have to take the meds. for about 6 months. | F | 35 | 6 months | 3/26/2007 | 5 | nerve damage to my arms from surg. | none that i noticed | am on 1200 mg three times daily, seems to releive the nerve pain which was excruciating,and not being touched by the narcotics i take for the other pain from AS. the nerve damage was a side effect of spine surgery. i expect to be on neurontin for about a year. so far six months has passed and at least i am functional again. | M | 56 | 6 months | 1/13/2007 | 5 | diabetic neuralgia back, leg foot | Side effects were funny. I had a | Neurontin is a bit of a wonderdrug for me. My Leg, back, and foot pain was unbearable. The Dr was reluctant to give anything like a narcotic or even a controlled sunstance since my problem was on going. I thought I was going to live a life of pain. But Neurontin took away the horrible disabilitating pain, (I still have pain but it is manageable)and the depression I had long going. I even wake up ready for a good day. I no longer have to push myself out of bed just to endure a day of pain. I feel like the light switch has been turned on after being off for a while. I can walk! before I was pretty much bed ridden or could not go far. I can get in and out of the car. I don't feel like life is a doom anymore. | M | 45 | 6 months | 6/10/2005 | 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 | 5 | Anxiety | Brain fog at high dosages | Neurontin works quite well for me. I found that it gives me energy while leveling out my mood. However, I think this works best as an "as needed" medicine because it loses it's effectiveness for me after a few weeks of steady use. | M | 30 | 6 months | 12/15/2007 | 5 | bi-polar disorder | mild fatigue | F | 24 | 6 months | 1/24/2002 | 5 | Ruptured L4/5, referred pain in hip | Hard to tell what the Neurontin by itself did, since I was on some pain relievers also. But I have had very noticeable memory problems and have had trouble getting words out (can't recall the words?). And lately, muscle twitching! Had to be the Neurontin, since I was consistent with dosage of my other meds. Ramping up and down must be very slow (one more or fewer pill per day, every 5-7 days), according to pain clinic. Not sure what happens if you go too fast. | Three years ago, I was in excruciating pain and could barely stand up without crying. Pain clinic ramped me up slowly, to 2700 mg/day. I was functioning again (but could still feel enough pain to know when I could begin to reduce dosage), and avoided a 3rd surgery which I was sure I was going to need. Pain finally subsided and I ramped back down to zero. Had to go back on it this year for same reason, but by 1200mg/day, I was scared to ramp up further because of random twitching, almost any muscle in my body, sometimes more than one at a time. Most noticeable when trying to get to sleep. 1200 isn't helping me, probably will drop this because of the muscle issue. | M | 52 | 6 months | 5/2/2007 | 5 | partial seizures | dizzyness, weight gain, really crazy sensations when first falling asleep, long term foggy feeling, kind of groggy, though I feel pretty great while on it now. Seems like it really works for my partial seizures, though the side effects are kind of similar to having the seizures, just less scary. It does help with sleeping and middle of the night anxiety! | I'm trying to cut down because it seems to be making it more difficult at work. It's has most definately stopped the partial seizures almost completelly which makes it possible to function again, but at the expense of feeling "sharp" and "quick" at my somewhat busy job. My husband says I've not been myself - I notice I don't feel the "sparkle" or magic of life - everything seems really "dull" and numb. Which seems to help the seizures which were often caused by visual stimuli. I've started taking the medicine out of the geletin capsuls (it tastes terrible) - but it seems like the weight gain has slowed down since. I'm really bummed that I have to take this, but it totally helps the seizures. I am trying to cut down from 1800/day to 1200 / day, but it seems futile, as I feel totally crazy trying to take less. It feels absolutely terrible cutting down, totally depressing and sick feeling. My doctor is not very involved, I guess since partial se | F | 37 | 6 months | 3/29/2007 | 4 | neuropathy/pain in legs | Some dizziness and blurred vision. | Helps reduce the ache/pain I have when I lay down at night to go to sleep. Was also taking ambient, but didn't like the morning after. | M | 53 | 6 months | 4/25/2005 | 4 | perifial neuropathy/uni-polar | About the only change I have had is a total lack of sexual libido and erectile dysfunction. I have been given Cialis for this but it helps little. No weight gain at all on this or the Depakote. Actually I have a total lack of appetite. This reeks havoc with my type one Diabetes. | I first was taking 900 mg for the diabetic peripheral neuropathy in my feet. After a break down it was increased to 3600 mg a day with 1000 mg of Depakote. I am not certain which one or both are causing the sexual dysfunction but after checking it out I think I need to get off both. | M | 45 | 6 months | 6/24/2006 |