| Subject: Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain |
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Barbara Q.
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Date Posted: 13:02:16 05/28/03 Wed
In reply to:
Barbara Q.
's message, "Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain" on 12:59:56 05/28/03 Wed
>Hi. I have a nerve that is either damaged or I have
>RSD. The doctors haven't figured that out yet. I was
>playing air hockey (a gift I received for Christmas)
>and I felt this awful burning in my shoulder. After
>that, I started getting terrible electrical shocks
>down my arm every time I tried to move it. This has
>been going on since December 29th. I am on Neurontin
>- 1800 mg. per day (600/600/600) since - about a month
>or so. The only side effects that I have had were
>occasionally feeling very high, then after a few
>hours, feeling like I had an alcohol-type hangover.
>Other than that, no other side effects. It has curbed
>the pain in my arm, but it has not taken it away. You
>can go up to 3600 mg. per day safely, but I have read
>some studies by doctors that over `1800 mg. usually
>doesn't do any more good. I do have a larger
>appetite, although, I have always loved to eat. I
>have gained 7 pounds. That's not too bad. I do have
>concerns over long-term use of this drug. I have read
>that animal studies in long-term use showed cancer of
>the pancreas and tumors in miscellaneous places. It
>hasn't been around that long, so I am concerned, but
>hoping that I won't have to take it forever.
>
>Let me know how you do!
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