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Subject: Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain

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mohanan
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Date Posted: 23:39:23 11/04/02 Mon
In reply to: Sonja Nickels 's message, "Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain" on 12:20:05 02/22/02 Fri

>I, like you,have just begun a course for chronic neck
>pain
>due to a spinal bone spur and a bulging disc. I have
>been through 3 rounds of physical therapy as well as 1
>full year of chiropractic treatment. I have
>been trying to relocate the nerve by traction, but
>still have chronic pain, so I am taking Gabapentin.
>
>I began with 300 for one week at bedtime, then 600 for
>a week then 300 in the morning and 600 at bedtime.
>Next week I am to start taking 300 in the morning, 300
>in the afternoon and 600 at bedtime. This is so I can
>get an uninterrupted night of sleep without heavy-duty
>narcotics. I have already noticed that my sleep
>patterns and ability to relax at night have greatly
>improved. I am hoping that as I start to take some
>during daytime hours, I will begin to feel some relief
>from the pain in waking hours as well.
>
>My concern is whether there are long term side effects
>to this medication. All of the side effects I have
>seen thus far have been immediate side effects. If I
>continue to take this medication over a long term
>(since it is the only thing thus far to have brought
>me relief), should I be concerned with long-term, more
>serious side effects?
>
>-SN

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Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain Brenda 08:53:39 05/10/03 Sat

Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain dewayne myers 21:14:40 06/19/03 Thu

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>>I, like you,have just begun a course for chronic neck >>pain >>due to a spinal bone spur and a bulging disc. I have >>been through 3 rounds of physical therapy as well as 1 >>full year of chiropractic treatment. I have >>been trying to relocate the nerve by traction, but >>still have chronic pain, so I am taking Gabapentin. >> >>I began with 300 for one week at bedtime, then 600 for >>a week then 300 in the morning and 600 at bedtime. >>Next week I am to start taking 300 in the morning, 300 >>in the afternoon and 600 at bedtime. This is so I can >>get an uninterrupted night of sleep without heavy-duty >>narcotics. I have already noticed that my sleep >>patterns and ability to relax at night have greatly >>improved. I am hoping that as I start to take some >>during daytime hours, I will begin to feel some relief >>from the pain in waking hours as well. >> >>My concern is whether there are long term side effects >>to this medication. All of the side effects I have >>seen thus far have been immediate side effects. If I >>continue to take this medication over a long term >>(since it is the only thing thus far to have brought >>me relief), should I be concerned with long-term, more >>serious side effects? >> >>-SN

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