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So I'm doing spine and everyone is on Gabapentin, or Pregabalin and the patients complains about efficacy and side effects. My general understanding is that they think it has a good effect on radicular pain, but not so much on back pain which it is more often now than before prescribed to treat. I take 300 mg of gabapentin 3 times a day for my Ehlers Danlos Syndrome which causes frequent partial dislocations. It helped with my pain an amazing amount, gave me a lot of mobility back because the pain was more controlled. I tried to cut back on gabapentin. Just cutting midday dose to 300mg and taking 600mg other 2x caused what felt like sparklers going of under the skin of my thigh multiple times a day. It was intense and when it got to 8 or more times a day, I added that 300mg back. Gabapentin starts working the nerves but slowly then the pain goes away Just keep taking it eventually you will feel some relief. A PA I saw yesterday while getting a second referral for Physical Therapy said to consider Gabapentin for managing my symptoms and after doing some research it looks like it might help me even my RN mother agreed that it could help me in my particular situation where I can do more things now but I still have pain and other symptoms like heavy ness and numbness. Gabapentin is a remedy for nerve pain that’s also prescribed for back pain. See how it works and if it can help back pain from sciatica, shingles, and more. I am on 2400 mg a day 3 800mg tablets. I don't feel the nerve pain as much anymore but I feel groggy and unbalanced a lot of the time. I do not know if that is the gaba or my back issues I have been on it since March and was planning on weaning off after my Surgery July 20th but I am in worse pain now than I was presurgery. On the basic initial dose, gabapentin helped with my pain (I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, secondary fibromyalgia, and nerve damage in my lower back). Once winter came, however, the improvement was negated, so the GP doubled that dose, but that gave me the most horrendous spells of vertigo and dizziness - it wasn't too much later I Welcome to /r/gabapentin, here we primarily discuss issues pertaining to the medical, prescribed use of Gabapentin, Lyrica and Phenibut, as well as other Gaba related drugs. This IS NOT the subreddit for discussion of how to get high or otherwise abuse GP. Back pain can be a potential side effect of Gabapentin. If your back pain is related, it may decrease in severity or go away entirely within 1-3 months, on average. Gabapentin is usually well tolerated. However, the constant pain and hypersensitivity from my current Fibro diagnosis (and complete back/neck spasms) made it impossible to deal with the constant bone and joint pain. I found that the relief of being able to keep moving around did more good to my mental health than the foggy and confusing side-effects. Gabapentin is also used as an adjunct to more potent anticonvulsants and for the management of certain types of neural pain. Definition and uses of gabapentin. Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant medication primarily used to treat seizures and nerve pain. It worked great for my back pain. I was able to hold off on back surgery for several years on it. Any side effects (a little woozy the first few days) went away quickly. The nerve pain came roaring back in the transition, but it's better with higher doses and we will probably up the dose next month. I know a lot of people can't tolerate gabapentin, but it helped me a lot for years Gabapentin for Back Pain User Reviews Brand names: Neurontin, Gralise, Gabarone, Fanatrex. Gabapentin has an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 from a total of 6 reviews for the treatment of Back Pain. 67% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 0% reported a negative experience. Yes, I have. I take Gabapentin for back pain. I was also taking Cymbalta which I've been weaning off of slowly. I've had 2 surgeries. A decompression and disc replacement on my cervical spine and also a spinal fusion in my lumbar spine. I have back pain with most lifting activities that the Gabapentin helps with. Severe nerve pain here from cancer. Gabapentin with psych/depression meds was a freaking nightmare! Now-it DID help with pain if taken with 1 Advil. But not worth the neuro side effects with psych meds! Holy moley! Tread carefully, my friend. Creating a space for people to ask questions about their back pain (whether acute or chronic), giving meaning, and providing hope for those suffering. This is a place that does not tolerate misinformation, outdated notions/ideas, BUT promotes anti-fragility and hope. Was prescribed it for pain (did dick for the pain) but did help mildly with some underlying anxiety so prescribing doctor let me continue taking it and also told me I could quit it at any time cold turkey. Well a few months back I did just that and it was a month, month-and-a-half of restless leg, and emotions stuck either in rage or despair mode. I'm on gabapentine 2700mg now - never felt like it's helped the pain and I'm too worried to know what the pain will feel like if I came off. Such a dilemma. Either way, experiment and I hope you get some relief!
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