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Subject: Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain

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Date Posted: 23:04:05 08/04/04 Wed
In reply to: David F 's message, "Re: Gabapentin (Neurontin) for chronic pain" on 18:08:14 01/28/04 Wed

I was prescribed neurontin by a pain specialist after I broke my ankle 4 years ago. I have RSD (Reflexive sympythatic dystrophy)which adds to the chemical messages sent to my brain when I experience pain.The chemical pain messages just keep on sending... My foot was so swollen and so painful that I was unable to walk for over 10 months, even physical therapy was almost impossible. After about 3 days on Neurontin my nerve pain became much less and so my foot's swelling went down enough that I was able to walk. It took me those 4 days to get to a high enough dose to have this miracle drug work. I think it began to work for me at about 400 mgs once a day. This is 4 years later and I have been taking it only before bed all of this time. I have been at 800 or 600 mgs for most of this time. I am beginning to feel good enough that I want to try and wean myself down and see if my pain gets worse. I still have burning, but it isn't the main thing in my life like it was before neurontin. I'm on line now looking for info about how to wean myself.

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>I was prescribed neurontin by a pain specialist after >I broke my ankle 4 years ago. I have RSD (Reflexive >sympythatic dystrophy)which adds to the chemical >messages sent to my brain when I experience pain.The >chemical pain messages just keep on sending... My >foot was so swollen and so painful that I was unable >to walk for over 10 months, even physical therapy was >almost impossible. After about 3 days on Neurontin my >nerve pain became much less and so my foot's swelling >went down enough that I was able to walk. It took me >those 4 days to get to a high enough dose to have this >miracle drug work. I think it began to work for me at >about 400 mgs once a day. This is 4 years later and I >have been taking it only before bed all of this time. >I have been at 800 or 600 mgs for most of this time. >I am beginning to feel good enough that I want to try >and wean myself down and see if my pain gets worse. I >still have burning, but it isn't the main thing in my >life like it was before neurontin. I'm on line now >looking for info about how to wean myself.

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