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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | neck pain | Burning aching feet. In a fog all the time. Very tired. Caused more pain after continued use. Withdrawal is bad | F | 53 | 6 months 1800 | 6/26/2014 | 1 | pain and burning sensation in hand | Unable to concentrate nodding off in the middle of the day | began to build up a tolerance for the drug and symptoms were returning DR said I was on max dosage so I went off of it and found on the Neurology.org that an anti-depression drug Bupropion has been successful in the majority of patients,it sure has been GREAT for me with no side effects after 2 wks http://www.neurology.org/content/57/9/1583.abstract?sid=e4b097f6-7ed9-4eb8-b0c5-4ca35325bcc5 | M | 73 | 6 months 3X day | 3/2/2011 | 1 | cervical nerve pain | Fear, anxiety, dizziness beyond belief ( feels like I am on a boat at sea all the time)Definitely promoted thoughts of dying ( and i'm not like this) | Took the lowest dosage possible . Made me crazy. Off of it for 2 weeks and I am still so dizzy that I barely can walk. This stuff is horrible. Started out with nerve pain, now have to deal with balance issues with dizziness. Seems to still linger in my system well after all reports say it should be gone. I am severely drug sensitive. Don't recommend it. | F | 53 | 6 months 100 mg 1X day | 2/12/2011 | 1 | trigeminal neuralgia | Extreme lethargy, weight gain, hallucinations, strange dreams, suicidal ideation, feeling that my skin "didn't fit right," paranoia, severe vertigo and dizziness, inability to do pretty much anything, insomnia, migraines, memory less, difficulty concentrating, THE WORKS. | Neurontin was a NIGHTMARE for me. To this day, I can't believe I spent that much money to feel that absolutely horrible. It did NOTHING for my pain. The only thing it did do was cause me to urinate less frequently...but it was NOT WORTH IT. I have never been suicidal before or since. The side-effects were HELL ON EARTH. This is a DEMON DRUG. Stay away from it!!! | F | 32 | 6 months | 2/12/2007 | 1 | Bi-Polar, Depression, Anxiety | OMG....This drug has caused me to gain over 30lbs and still gaining, since I have started taking it. Which has caused me to become disgusted with my appearance. It has also caused me to break out, on my back, shoulders,and face. I take 900mg a day. along with 3mg Xanax and lowered my dosage of Seroquel to 200mg per day. And I tell you. I have never felt so grossed out by myself, since starting on Neurontin. I am also more sluggish, lethargic, sleep 14 hours a day, non stop. I have no interest in anything anymore. Won't even move off the couch to get my mail..and many other side effects, way too may to name them all. I have been on disability for my condition. And believe me, I have tried them ALL!!!..My "shrink" won't take me off of them because he says they are making me better...heh, heh. Maybe in the slightest bit, but the side effects are not worth it...I can't even stand to look at myself anymore..and my idiot psychiatrist says the weight gain has nothing to do with the | Well, despite what my doctor says, I am weaning myself off of this shit..I was doing much better without it...Don't know why my psychiatrist suggested I take it in the first place...Oh, by the way, if you haven't noticed by now, they also make me very irritable...Thank you for listening. | F | 39 | 6 months | 5/1/2006 | 1 | Spinal Stenosis / Sciatic Pain | Can not remember words, legs tremble, General tiredness. I am only taking 600mg in the evening. I am told that the dose is very low, but at first 300mg worked than stopped so it was upped to 600mg. Now this is marginally working so the Dr. wants to up the dose. The side effects are horrible. | In addition to the mentioned side effects, I developed a cough. The Dr. says it is not possible to be related to Neurontin, but the longer I stay on it, the worse it gets. I AM WONDERING IF OTHER HAVE DEVELOPED A COUGH, | M | 64 | 6 months | 2/8/2008 | 5 | rsd in hand and arm | Spacy, sore throat, brain fog, hard to speak sometimes, sleepy after about three hours. I started taking 1800 a day along with one 25mg. palamar at bedtime. It was a miracle. I didn't feel the burning pain unless it got toward the end of 8 hours and more was due. I took it up myself to 900 three times a day and that is when my coordination was very bad plus the other things already mentioned. I tried to really dose myself. Then I took it back down to 600 three times a day. If it gets worse, I take 600, 900, 600. | I have gained about thirty pounds in about 7 months but it seems to have leveled off. I do eat a lot of sweets. At the first of all of this, I did have three nerve blocks in my neck. Before those, I was in constant pain 24/7. No pain pill worked and I never slept at night. I don't know what I would have done without this drug. | F | 60 | 7 months | 1/21/2005 | 5 | Nerve damage in leg and foot | Not sure but have joint pain in fingers | F | 52 | 7 months 800 mg | 12/8/2011 | 5 | Hot flashes | drowsiness | This has worked wonderfully for me. It makes my hot flashes shorter and less severe, and it lowers the feeling of anxiety that preceedes them. I only take it at night, and since it makes me drowsy, it helps with my insomnia as well. | F | 56 | 7 months | 5/13/2009 | 4 | Bipolar + Neuropathy | stuttering, mild jerks | made me stable after 4 years of psychotic mania. eased the pain of diabetic neuropathy a lot. made me a zombie! this is rather better than being a crazy, and in pain | M | 7 months | 6/27/2008 | 4 | Migraines | Initially, moments of absentmindedness that dissipated; sleepiness | Started at 300mg, week later 600mg, then three months later 900 mg and am still at that dosage. Appears to be helping as migraines reduced from almost daily to about 10 a month. I have to admit during this same period I added Magnesium, B2, CQ10 and butterbur. I replaced Butterbur with feverfew which I couldn't take. Anyway, at this time I would say it helps. I don't plan to increase dosage. I do end up in bed by 9, but then again am up early--3-4 am-- (I'm a morning person anyway so it's not a problem). The absentmindedness is in the nature of that moment when the word's on the tip of your tongue but you can't think what it is. I forewarned my friends; initially, I had frequent moments now it's not as often. I've tried various prescriptions, acupuncture, etc. It's early to say this is my "miracle" drug (7 months). I have a history of good short term success, but rarely long term; so we'll see. | F | 45 | 7 months | 11/21/2009 | 3 | brachiradial pruritis (itching arms | Water weight gain, occassional drunk feeling. | My neurologist prescribed this after a diagnosis for this weird itching on my arms with NO rash that we could not pin down that had been happening over 2.5 years. He said we had to build the dosage and it may make me sleepy at first. My highest buildup dosage was 3600 mg daily, and that would be make me feel weird sometimes, BUT it did help lower my core body temperature so that I didn't sweat so much, and thus helped with the arms itching during the summer. However, I was retaining a LOT of water and had to take Lasix daily for water retention. And the itching never completely subsided. I am now taking Buspar and Cyproheptadine for the itching, and that combination seems to do the trick. The only reason I still take Neurontin is to help me sleep at night, and it is a pretty good all-over pain reliever. I just can't get to sleep completely without it, though, and I have read that weaning off of this one completely is very difficult without a few weeks of "withdrawl." | F | 41 | 7 months | 1/10/2009 | 2 | Pain, sleep, anxiety, depression | Dysthymia, with alternating sudden and intense bouts of anger and suicidal ideations. Chronic ear infections, always feeling unwell, difficulty speaking. Never had a speech impediment, but around 5 months of use I frequently stutter, say the wrong words and slur my speech. | Did greatly help with sleep. I get quality sleep every day. Helped a little bit with pain. HORRIBLE FOR MOOD AND ANXIETY. Intensified both. What were mild issues have become CHRONIC and SEVERE. I often find myself paralyzed with dread and crying, something that NEVER happened before. | M | 23 | 7 months 200mg 1X day | 1/25/2014 | 1 | Neuropathy of the feet | weight gain immediately, craved chocolate,hair loss, dizziness, clumbsiness,falling over, no thought process,hard time talking and remember simple words...too many to list | I WISH I had NEVER taken the first pill. It's been a NIGHTMARE for me. I've been off it for almost 4 weeks now and STILL have side effects. WILL I NEVER get back to normal? | F | 62 | 7 months 200mg 1X day | 9/10/2014 | 1 | Hernated discs of c6, c7, t12 ,L1 | Severe chest pain,thunderclap headaches,burning sensation in head and face,low sex drive ,weight gain,suicidal thoughts & depression, mood swings,numbness and tingling tongue and scalp,feeling spaced out,insomnia. | Though these were wonderful at combating the pain relief of sciatica and brichialcia due to herniated discs due to fall, the side effects are the worse I've ever endured in my life down to severe chest pains feeling as though I was having a heart attack was the last straw ,so being weened off them to be on another pain relief. | F | 44 | 7 months 900mg Gabe | 1/27/2016 | 1 | Sleep deprivation and seizures | Vertigo. Extreme dizziness and vomiting. Finally, after several attempts to be tapered off the drug I was down to 900 mg. unfortunately, I fell and went back to the ER - this time with a broken leg, ankle and severe ligament and tendon problems. This drug has caused numerous problems in my life. I am athletic - have dealt with severe pain in surgeries before this occurred. I am concerned for myself as well as other patients. | F | 7 months 1500 mg | 7/30/2015 | 1 | Lower back pain- spondylosis | Tired, bad dreams,severe loss of memory, falls, no sex drive, hiding things | I could not remember the names of things, and would get easily irritated. I cut my arm with a knife, busted a door, hid things from myself and my husband,got in terrible arguments, and could not remember paying the bills. I sent out bills without checks in them and paid some of them twice. My poor husband almost went crazy. I stopped taking this without asking my Dr. because even after my cutting episode she wanted me to take more. I don't think my brain is right and it has been about 30 days since taking any of it. I would rather have the pain and not so sure it worked anyway.I can't work.Who would have a crazy person who can't remember anything work in their law office? I have had many falls, and have broken both my arms as a result of two of the falls. | F | 50 | 7 months 200mg 3X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | Fibromyagia | Feeling like you are floating, indicision, hair loss, nail damage, gas and bloating, chest pain difficulty breathing and extreme irregular heart beat. | symptoms increased in severity over time, was hospitalized for cardiovascular effects. doctors all told me that it wasn't the medicine. I went off the meds and after two weeks felt relief from palpitations. pain returned and I restarted at a lower dose about a week later symptoms returned. Benifits Do Not away the risks! | F | 35 | 7 months 300 mg 3X day | 3/9/2010 | 1 | sciatica, L4-5 reherniation, FMS, | severe numbness in hands up to elbows. unable to rest arms on bed or sofa arms. all funny bones extremely painful. caused memory problems and brain fog. unable to think of words. Unable to make decisions. Depression and hopelessness was unbearable. Incredible weight gain. | started at 300mg day up to 1800mg. told no side effects. hubby said I started complaining of tingling in fingers shortly after starting neurontin. Had nerve conduction study and EMG and was told severe carpal tunnel and surgery was necessary. Said no. Weaned off neurontin over 4 days with dr. instructions and within 10-14 days all the numbness was completely gone and funnybones no longer painful/tender. | F | 51 | 7 months | 1/13/2008 | 1 | control of anxiety and mood swings | Horrible fatigue of both body and brain. I thought I was developing early Alzheimers disease. I was getting increasingly depressed and hopeless and instead of interpreting this as a problem with the medication, it was blamed on my | F | 45 | 7 months | 7/29/2005 |