gabapentin alternatives

I have now fully weaned off of Gabapentin. After several months of constant right arm pain - mostly in my deltoid - I now only have intermittent pain episodes. However, my hand and neck sensations of being swollen have returned to about 50% of their worst. My right hand dexterity has definitely declined again :( I also have to note that I've been on vacation from my desk job for a week - so maybe it was all the computer work putting the strain on my arm?

I have been taking an increasing dose of Gabapentin for the last month. While it does seem to take the edge off my arm pain and reduces the hypersensitivity in my fingertips, I am really disliking some of the other side effects and would like to try life without it for awhile. Anyone have success with non-drug options for managing pain and over-active nerves? Is there any type of rebound for stopping 1200 mg Gabapentin cold? Or should I wean off it more slowly? Thanks (as always!

If you have any doubts about whether or not the Gabapentin is worth it, then talk to your doctor about other alternatives.

I am on Gabapentin 300mg 2 a day, I have had weight gain since being on them, I have gained 15 lbs in 2 months time. I am sitting here thinking if he ups my meds like he wants to the side effect of weight gain will only get worse. I talked to the people where I get Gabapentin and they said that that side effect don't go away and if the dose is inceased it will only get worse so if the med isn't helping me there are other options.

I think that gabapentin causes the vision problems, I've been on 3200 mgs of gabapentin for a long time and I've noticed my eyes getting blurry, I've recently stopped the gabapentin and was put on lyrica and I feel better, I think I need my dose moved up but the gabapentin was really messing with my mind.

Other stuff your doc may try is gabapentin, which also has some serious side effects that change your mood, or make you suicidal. I wish I had an easy answer for you, but there isn't any. You either find a way to tolerate your pain, or medicate carefully, using other methods like hydrotherapy and meditation to keep your med usage as low as possible.

I take Gabpentin for fibromyalgia. It works super. I was originally prescribed it by a Arthritis doctor. It made a huge difference in handling the nerve pain my legs, arms, and body. I just went through 2 weeks without it and just back on this past week. My body relaxed and I was comfortable after taking it again. I wouldn't be without the drug. Not having it made me appreciate Gabapentin all the more. I encourage to try it.

While not curable, many people find long term pain relief through medications, or surgeries, or alternatives such as Accupuncture. I am unfamiliar with the drug you mentioned. Is it an anti-seizure medication? Most doctors give Tegretol, Trileptal, or gabapentin, anti-seizure drugs used "off label" for Trigeminal neuralgia.

I was perscribed Gabapentin which is generic for Lyrica, I believe. I was perscribed this prior to my diagnosis and my insurance just approved it. Does this medication help w/the pain or what? I have never taken this before and don't know exactly what it is for. The doctor who prescribed it gave it to me months ago but my insurance said they didn't cover it so I just forgot about it and then I got the diagnosis and didn't think much of it after that.

I am currently taking oxycodone 10/325 4X a day, morphine er 15mg 2X a day, cyclobenzoprine 10mg 4X daily & gabapentin 900mg 3X daily for chronic back and neck pain. I am 49 yrs old, have had 2 spinal fusions with the inclusion of dtrax in last surgery. I have asked my doctor repeatedly to change my meds, as they are no longer helping much. He says there are no alternatives. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, I was wondering how many friends here take either Gabapentin or Lyrica...I'm just wondering if it's a common drug to use... and if alot of people use these meds for tingling, leg pains, etc. How many have used either of these and stopped them because they didn't help or because of the side effects? How many use either of them and which one do they prefer? I'm in the middle of this... and need some advise on it.. thanks for any replies...

Management would include correction of electrolytes, change of culprit drugs, passive stretching exercises of the cramping muscle and drugs like quinine which can cause severe thrombocytopenia. Alternatives are verapamil, gabapentin etc. take care.

Seeking alternatives for pain control, food recomendations and diet to lose weight from being on steroids and Gabapentin.

I've been to the neurologist, who was no help. Lesion on brainstem still active, other lesions not active. Probably had ON a year and a half ago and probably have had 5 attacks in the last year and a half, so you have MS but can't get a diagnosis cause no new lesions. So... he tells me we'll start Coxpone (sp? I'm too tired to look it up) when the nurse calls me in about 2 months.

Hello & thank you in advance for any help you could offer. I am 37, f. I have had a yellow/white "pimple-like" lump on Right-eye skin/white of eye for about 1yr with irritation, pain, tenderness, dishcharge (a stringy substance, sometimes clear, white or yellow to greenish-both eyes), feeling of hair or foreign body in eyes, seeing lines like hairs w/nothing in them, dry eyes, excesive blinking. Told Dr. & she wasn't woried but I am.

ve been having them for maybe 8 weeks now. I am on Gabapentin 900 mg x3 per day but found out that it was the Gabapentin causing the anxiety state, heart palpitations, difficulty breathing, as well as the zaps of anxiety that plunges my eyes open right when I am drifting into sleep. You situation may be that it was one of your medication causing this.

The nurse who called in the Rx mentioned that it would take a while for the Gabapentin to get up to the required levels in my blood. I have seen about a 60% improvement in my foot pain. How long does it take for the levels to reach maximum efficacy? If 6 days is sufficient I think I'll ask about upping the dose.

GABAPENTIN 800 MG 4X DAY BACLOFEN 30MG 4XDAY HYDROMORPHONE 8MG 3X DAY MORPINE SULFATE ER60MG EVERY 8 HOURS LEXAPRO 20MG 1X DAY PLEASE HELP ME i have tried other pain medications and anti depresion meds with side effects COLD AIR and fans make me crazy with pain and tingling. i have trouble in summer because i cant tell when i am too hot and become over heated and almost black out.

ve been taking about 10-12 lortabs per day and maybe 4 (2mg) xanax bars for maybe the past 2 months. if i quit cold turkey and just take the gabapentin (neurontin) will that be enough to help with withdrawals? or should i taper myself down on the vicodin and xanax a little bit, and then do the gaba therapy (i don't want to go in and have ANY doctor do anything)... help...?

I am not suggesting you not take this medication, but I would consult a pain specialist for other alternatives. Taking Gabapentin is a sort of Faustian bargain.

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Hello, I am new to this group. I have had more than 85 blood tests since I was diagnosed with Lyme in July of 2014. All have been negative. I have been on may drugs for pain and currently on Gabapentin for vocal cord/coughing issues and leg pain (knee, calf, left side back). I don't think it is helping much. Is anyone else on Gabapentin?

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