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Subject: Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain

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Rosa

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Date Posted: 17:18:25 07/18/05 Mon
In reply to: joseph redward 's message, "Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain" on 17:19:02 06/28/01 Thu

>Hi, I've been taking Gabapentin for aprox 4 years now. You should know that 900mg. won't do you much good. Through research, my doctor and I have discoverd that one has to take at least 3200mg. a day for it to benefit with chronic pain. I take 3, 400mg. capsules with breakfast, 3, 400mg. capsules with lunch and then 2 more after dinner. I also take 75mg. of amitriptyline 3 hours. before bedtime and this course of meds. has helped me a great deal. Amitriptyline at a low dose is very effective in dealing with chronic pain.
>i am just starting on a trial course of the gabapentin
>and are interested in finding more about it. i have
>been prescribed it at 900mg a day to begin with. it
>has been prescribed for the treatment of constant pain
>and spasm that are the result of a spinal cord injury
>(c5-6 incomplete tetraplegia). i still haven't found a
>satisfactory explanation on what it is and how it
>works. any information would be of great interest to
>me.
>if you could help in anyway it would be greatly
>appreciated.

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