ve had a pain in my abdomen by the ribcage on the right side that radiates to my upper back and shoulder for about three years now. The intensity of the pain varies, some days are better than others. I've had many tests done including: ultrasound of the gallbladder, Hida Scan, abdominal CT, 2 lung x-rays, MRI of my spine, MRI of my neck, x-ray of my rib cage. All tests were normal.
My 10 year old son was perscribed gabapentin/neurontin (in combination with a few other drugs) for his nerve pain. It definitely helped but the side affects are a huge trade-off. He gained a considerable amount of weight too but I attruibuted that mostly to the fact that all he did was eat, sleep & be foggy - and wasn't able to be his normal active self. He's since been off the meds and the weight has come off too as he's now able to resume most his normal activities.
He put me on neurontin and recently gave me a cream of benzecaine, lidocaine, and tetracaine. It is working much better than the neurontin but, when the medication wears off, the pain is as severe as before.
My surgeon has sugested if the ointment did not work, he recommended I have another facial surgery in hopes the nerves causing the pain will be disrupted and the pain would go away. He said there would be no charge so I am not worried that he is trying to get more money...
Most of the time I still use the same number of pills per day of everything but I can switch up the schedule to get a milder or stronger effect depending on if I am having a good pain day or a flare up day. On flare up days, when I take the neurontin in conjunction with either percocet or valium 2 hours after the extended release morphine gets going, I get super fuzzy for awhile but my pain flare also goes down a lot too.
both are also used for treatment of chronic pain, particularly chronic pain that is thought to arise from too much nerve activity.
I have not heard patients complain of withdrawal symptoms from neurontin, although I do usually taper it off just out of caution. While the jerking of your body might be related to suddenly stopping the medication, it is hard to see the numbness as related-- at least not as a direct effect.
HELLO I AM A 30YO FEMALE, FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS I'VE BEEN BATTLING WITH CHRONIC PAIN. IN MAY 2008 I HAD A FUSION AT C6-C7. BEFOR THAT I HAD A FALL ON BLACK ICE! I HAVE PAIN EVERYWHERE! I HAVE NECK, BACK, SHOULDER, ARM, HAND, FINGERS, KNEE, AND SOMETIMES FACE PAIN! ALL TH ... [More] IS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2 YEARS NOW. BUT THE FINGER PAIN JUST STARTED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. ALL THE OTHER PAIN IS ONGOING! IVE HAD MANY OF MRI AND X-RAY!
I thought that stuff was kind of scary too. I have major chronic pain from spinal cord damage and require narcotic painkillers for it. There are doctors out there who dislike narcotics for any reason and the last time I had surgery one of those pain specialists was consulted. They insisted on putting me on neurontin, and it really messed me up. Even when I thought I had things under control again I didn't really. I was falling down all the time!
The oralis treating me as atypical facial pain and has placed me on Neurontin which has helped. I have read the symptons for atypical facial pain and really don't feel I have this. I seem to feel better in the am and worse as the day goes on. I still am experiencing facial swelling and full feeling in my ear and under my chin, in the lymph area. I am getting desperate to resolve this. I did NOT have these symptons prior to the tooth extraction.
Talk to your doctor and try to get some help in finding out if your pain is nerve based because if it is Neurontin can help. Neurontin is used for nerve pain. Also you can talk to your doctor to find out if some of the pain is from muscle spasms because there is a medication that might help called flexeril. It's a muscle relaxer but in my experience not a very strong one so it may help.
Have you been diagnosed with depression or fibromyalgia? Lyrica is used for both of these disorders.
yes i have numbness and tingling, it is on my right side where the lympectomy and axillary disection was done, i have seen my docs for the 6 years post dx and the pain persists. I am currently taking 600mg of neurontin and 800mg of motrin prn and that doesn't control itl no swelling. a hot tub? we have been planning to buy one however i dont think the insurance would pay that too :)
Thank you for your prompt answer.
Neurontin is not really geared for the direct neck pain. Neurontin is for the pain that radiates in the limbs. I was told this by two doctors and I did try it anyways. I have very severe neck pain.
Is this something they can surgically fix? If it is, then I would be looking for a good neurosurgeon asap. It may not take care of the pain, but it will stop from the progressing damage that may occur. Your injury is at a very dangerous level.
Good luck with the spinal tap today.
I take Neurontin for severe nerve pain at disc, low back, legs and feet. Nerve pain started immediatley after sed/ta disc surgery. Have taken neurontin for 8 years. Gained 40 lbs within in 6 months of starting Neurontin. Started losing hair when began Neurontin. Fortunately I had lots of hair to start with but 8 years later, I will soon have to wear a wig because of the dramatic hair loss. Also frustrated that cannot get the 40 pounds off either.
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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