Why do patients use GABAPENTIN? iGuard.org is currently tracking more than 7,160 patients that use GABAPENTIN (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)). Use the table below to learn why iGuard users take this product; click on any underlined condition to get information on other medications used for treatment.
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I suffer from AD & FTD, was taking Clonazepam for the temors I was having 1mgx3/d, for 3 years, tremors kept getting worse, Dr. has weaned me off clon. and put me on Neurotin 300mg 2d. I have yet to notice any difference (2weeks) between the two, accept I get more agitated and sweat alot more. I feel no difference in any pain levels, but I think he switch more for siezure like conditions. I take prozac and lipitor as well.
63 year old male
63 year old male
Posted: 2008-09-03 18:15:06
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I was put on Neurontin for diabetic neuropathy, and by the day I had slowly increased the dosage to 300 mg x 3 a day for a total of 900 mg a day, I was legally insane. It created incredibly vivid and horrid thoughts: I would be sitting there, minding my own business when all of a sudden, I'd think: "I should get a gun and kill myself" and I realized VERY quickly that these thoughts were not mine!! I called my doctor, she told me to scale back to 300 mg a day, and "not to be alone, and to keep telling people how I was feeling emotionally". I scaled back to ZERO mg a day, this drug is way too dangerous for the mild help I got in dealing with pain. Too many of these medications are causing psycho-reactions and I think people need to be warned MUCH louder that they can cause such things. Scared me to death, if I hadn't been aware that I wasn't even slightly depressed, let alone suicidal, I cannot imagine what these drugs would have led me to do. Be WARY
53 year old female
Posted: 2008-09-03 13:35:52
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I was told to stop taking Zoloft(200MG.)and start taking the Gabapentin(300mg.2-3Xa day)Is this normal because I don't see them being the same for my panic attacks and my Anxity.
48 year old male
Posted: 2008-08-24 13:02:08
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Answer/Reply from iGuard:
Gabapentin is most often used to treat seizures and neuropathic pain, but doctors are allowed to prescribe gabapentin "off-label". Regardless, you should let your doctor know if gabapentin is not providing you the same results as Zoloft and further discuss your treatment options.
Posted: 2008-08-29 15:43:10
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I have firomyalgia and am looking into Lyrica. Does your site have info on this med?
50 year old female
Posted: 2008-08-11 10:01:38
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Answer/Reply from iGuard:
To find out more information about Lyrica, please log in to your iGuard account, click on "Look Up Drugs" and type in Lyrica.
Posted: 2008-08-11 13:43:53
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I have been taking this med for three years at a very high dose. I have liked it overall but for the last few months i have been experiencing tingling in my head... Does this med cause neurological damage or is this just a side effect. Someone with similar experience please respond.
24 year old male
Posted: 2008-09-04 21:59:02 Rating: