neurontin for ms

Neurontin (brand name for gabapentin) helps with nerve pain. It is very commonly used in MS. Another med for this purpose is Lyrica. If one doesn't work or the side efffects are too much, then the other can be tried, but the two are very similar. Hope this helps.

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It sounds as if your symptoms are making your life unmanageable, and all you are given is Mobic, an nsaid with a bad side effect profile, and Neurontin? For MS, nsaids rarely work, except to help with pain caused only secondarily. For instance, if you favor one leg, the other may get overworked, with sore muscles or worse symptoms, but there's nothing really happening with it that helping the ailing leg wouldn't fix. As to the Neurontin, very possibly your dosage isn't high enough.

I take it for nerve pain from MS, and it works pretty well. The max acccepted dosage is 3600 mg/day, which is a lot. Many MSers take that much, and I haven't heard of reactions like those described. Of course, everyone is different. If you can't tolerate Neurontin (gabapentin), you might try Lyrica. That made me gain weight like mad, but once again, your mileage may vary.

I have tried it, did not do anything for me, my godmother has back pain unrelated to ms and it did not help, my friend has fibro and it did not work for her, but none of which have ms, as for a me, I'm just looking at ms as a possibility, so it had relatively little side effects, and worth a try if your doc thinks so, but nobody I know had had success with it, but nobody I know has ms that uses it.

As of now, it is "possible MS". I am waiting for an appointment with a new neuro in 2 weeks, so maybe soon I will have a doc who can see my MRI's and my symptoms and tell me something for sure. I get really frustrated because they have already ruled out everything else that anyone has suggested it might be besides MS. So I am stuck in the very approriately named "limboland" until something else happens.

I have been on Gabapentin for a short period of time for severe Bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia and the MS Specialist I'm seeing started me slowly at 100 mg once a day then after a week 200 mg once a day and now at 300 mg once a day. They do this with gabapentin and slowly increase dosage to what helps ease your neuropathic pain. You do want to slowly increase as needed due to your body building up a tolerance and not working all together.

For 2 months, I have the "MS itch" on one part of my lower back. It is unbearable. Creams don't help. Ice pack provides relief for a few minutes. Sleep is fine. After up & moving for several minutes, the itching starts. Simply, my neurologist doesn't know what he's doing. He recommended Cymbalta & Lyrica!! Instead, I showed him a prominent MS website regarding itching, so he prescribed their suggestion, Neurontin.

I am taking neurontin for the chronic leg pain and heaviness, they are saying sciatica, but i tend to disagree, and want to lower the dose since i see no differences, but the second i lower the dose i feel "funny".

I am taking Levothyroxine for my Thyroid and Tizanidine for my thigh pain. I also take Neurontin for my feet and restless legs. Tizanidine works but makes me very sleepy. I hate to take drugs. I have had Primary Progressive MS for over 16 years. It helps for some reason to put weight on my thighs and of course a blanket. I have a very good MS Dr and also a neurologist for my primary Dr. Just curious if anyone else is experiencing similar symptoms like with the thigh pain and cold.

s not a narcotic. I have MS and, as HelpinUtah alluded to, Neurontin is prescribed, in general, for nerve pain. My neurologist has had me on Neurontin for MS related pain in my legs, and I can tell you it's not habit forming. I presume you have some type of similar symptoms for your doc to prescribe it (?). I hope this helps ..

I've had MS for 25 years and for 20 of those years was fine. In the last year I have had two excerbations and have suffered declining neurologic function. My leg pain was getting worse and the tingling/numb feet were permanent. My neurologist recently prescribed Neurontin relatively low dose. I started 300/mg at bedtime for 7 days and then added 300/mg in the a.m. At first, the bedtime dose knocked me out but as the days wore on I did not react as badly. Then the daylight dose started.

Well, I started Neurontin about 3 weeks ago. And I am happy to report that for the first time in many many months, maybe years...that I have had 3 GREAT days in a row! Grandted I haven't been out in the 100 degree weither and I still have some pain and twitching but the pain is under control and I've had, can you imagine, energy! LOL. So I am sure that the neurontin is helping some, it is so nice to feel semi-normal.

I don't think so... I've heard other got help with 900mg...?? I know it can go up to 3200mg a day, but when I was taking 2100mg a day... my Vertigo type spells were so bad.... I lowered it and now I only get them weekly instead of three times a day. so? I'm going to the MS clinic this week for an update on meds... I think he wants me to take Lyrica? but I'm not sure if I want too... try it before and didn't like the side effects of that one. have you tried Lyrica?

You know, I still am learning about MS after being dx'd for 1 1/2 years. In the last week, I've started this thing with my legs, particularly my left leg. Both feet tingle like all the time, but on the left it goes up to my knee. Across between tingling and feeling like they are asleep. I also have this in myleft hand going up my forearm. Is this part of the MS? It feels really freaky.

I was on gabapentin (neurontin) 900mg 3 times daily for approx. 2 years... it works wonders for neuropathetic pain I was taking it along with 100mg of Lyrica 3 times daily. WhenI had my gastric bypass surgery in December I came off the neurontin and stayed only on the Lyrica. I agree with the others try it... just remember to give it a chance it won't work overnight.

I took Neurontin for nerve problems also but it made me nutty so the doctor gave me Gabitril. I don't know if it can help in your situation but it would be worth asking a doctor about. Hope that helps.

Please don't take hot baths! That's the worst possible thing for MS patients, since raising your core temp can bring on serious symptoms which occasionally are permanent. Ask your doctor for something for nerve pain. Neurontin and Lyrica are the most often prescribed. I really wish British policy allowed you to get one of the DMDs. Mild MS is pretty much a misnomer, in the opinion of many here. Awful, burning pain is not mild. The best of luck to you as you get through this phase.

m sure there are many medications for MS for different things but I am wondering if MS medication is to eleviate symptoms or to slow down progression?

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