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>>>>>Hellow my name is Linda and i just started takeing >>>Neurontin last night. my DR said that it would help >my >>>chronic middle back pain . i hurt my self 3 years ago >>>at a job as a N.A.R in a nurseing home.and we have >>>tryed every thing ther is to do and try so now my DR. >>>wants me to give this drug a try and i am scard i am >>>not a good pill taker but i know i have to take this >>>if i want help in controling my pain.I have been >doing >>>alot of looking today to fine out more about this >>>drug. and the more i dig the worse i fill about >>>takeing this med. I take the med at bed time for 3-4 >>>day then i take it twice a day for 3-4 more days then >>>i will be up to three times a day in 3-4 more >days.and >>>then we will see how that is working. I am still >>>suppose to take my 800mg Ibuprofen three times a day >>>and at night still take my Hydrocodone 2 tab at bed >>>time. and if i need I may take a flexarill at bed >time >>>. i fill this is to many drugs to be taken at one >time >>>. and as i said before i am not a good pill taker. I >>>want the pain to be gone but i dont want to be a >>>walking zombe . and not know what is going on.is this >>>the drug for me? thank you for your time >>> Linda >> >> >>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! > >Hello, I`ve been on neurontin for approx ten yrs, >worked great. I have a work related injury lower back >l5s1 had to go on public assistance {temporarily I >hope} trouble with comp. P A will no t cover neurontin >so I had no choice but the generic, now let me state I >have no problem with generic meds, as long as they >work. The generic does not. I was on 300mg 3x a day >{neurontin} so I`m trying 400mg 4x a day {generic} >must say not impressed

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