Neurontin and edema
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Since surgery he has been on Lyrica but it was changed to Neurontin 7 days ago as he was getting some edema in his feet and ankles. His last doses of Neurontin were yesterday because he has again developed the same edema but now it has extended to calves of both legs. The edema has not subsided, in fact, it is somewhat worse. His legs are not hot or red, but walking is more difficult because of the swelling. Is there another possible cause for the edema?
Neurontin caused weight gain and I became allergic to lyrica as well as gaining weight. In the past two years after stopping lyrica due to laryngeal edema, I lost 20 lbs. I also started a gluten free diet and dropped another 30lbs. I do much better without that extra 50 lbs. I'd rather deal with the pain than deal with excessive weight.
I'd like them to concentrate on the cause of the neuropathy, nothing they have made any attempt at.
For the past year he is also getting tingling and numbness in his pinky and ring fingers on his left hand. He also has pitting edema in both feet.
From the research I have done on the internet it sounds like Peripheral Neuropathy (he is also going in for a EMG study soon) but I cannot find much information on pitting edema with Peripheral Neuropathy.
Does anybody else have pitting edema with PN?
2 weeks post op and pain at surgical site is fine but entire rt side of head on fire and feels numb and having swallowing issues. Saw surgeon and he said I have damage to occipital nerves from surgery. Treatment is neurontin (which I hate) and occipital nerve blocks every few weeks. He said it may heal in a few months, years or never! Pain prior to surgery was 2/10. Now 9/10. Am crushed! Anyone have this?
The most common side effects of Neurontin are dizziness, somnolence, and peripheral edema. I have not heard of this side effect nor can I find anything in other sites or literatures that discuss it. I searched the Kaiser Permanente site and was unable to locate the information to which your refer though I do not doubt you. It seems unlikely to me that this side effect would appear after five years of treatment but again anything is possible.
for Neurontin, and see what it says, there are several good drug sites, like the rxlist.com one I gave, and also drugs.com is same thing. If you have good insurance, you could switch over to Lyrica, a cousin to Neurontin, you take less mg, yet it's more powerful, with less side effects, but it's expensive. But keep in mind, with all those GABA type drugs, the dose has to be increased until you reach a plateau, usually within a few months of beginning it.
I went to my regular doctor to find out the cause, thinking it might be connected with the after effects of shingles which I had around that eye a year before and am still taking Neurontin for the lingering effects. I underwent an MRI which showed nothing even though my regular doctor & I (and anyone else) can see the change in the eye and bump on the cheekbone.
My rhuematologist prescribed me Neurontin 100mg, Vitamin D 5000 units and Tremedol Hcl 37.5 mg-325 acetinophen. I took neurontin on thursday. Friday i took Tremedol. Six hours later I took my vitamin D. The next day I took 2 tremedol pills. ON sunday I took one. I stopped on MOnday because i wasn't feel right. I had three panic attacks this week. I went to the ER and was given Xanax. it helped with my anxiety but not my heart.
I'm 19 years old-no drug history.
For a perspective, pulmonary edema (water in the lungs) and pneumonia are separate issues. Pulmonary edema is usually related to LV dysfunction. It appears the underlying problem is the mitral valve sclerosis (narrowing of opening) and mitral valve regurgitation. The valve problems can stress the heart and cause it to enlarge, and/or an ischemic enlarged LV can aggravate the valve problems especially MVR.
I have been given Neurontin by doctors, however, I get ill even on the very low dosages. I find Ultram really helps me on my extremely bad day. Most doctors do not want to give out Ultram but like I said, I only take one on a bad day before I go to bed. I did get a script once for Ultracet but it was not as good for my pain.
2) With the edema being bilateral and equal is there any other test recommended at all to figure this out?
3) Presuming this is a valid school of though, do the symptoms directly come from the edema/impared venous return? Or is the edema just co-existing? (ie-- Would diurectics help the palpitations, etc. even if they don't figure out the root problem?)
Still a mystery after almost a year...getting worse actually.
That is what I call Tweeks, you get tweeked and more pain for about three days to a week. I was on Neurontin and actually have myofascial pain but they thought it may have been a nerve at first. The neurontin didn't do a thing for me. I was on 1200mg/day and it took me two months to get off of it because I got insomnia and had to take benedryl to get off of it and be able to sleep. It is low on side effects except feeling tired and dumb.
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