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Before the accident she wasn't fond of the vet but was not reactive with them. Now, she doesn't trust them at all. When she goes to the vet she gets 600 mg gabapentin 3 hours before her appointment and it certainly calms her nerves and make her vet visit better for everyone. If your hormones get messed up, or your metabolism gets messed up and you don't realize it, now you're in a surplus when you weren't ever before. So if you could eat 1600 calories without gaining before, and now you can only eat 800 without gaining, are you just supposed to like not eat??? That's disordered eating at best. The following medications may be taken prior to surgery: Acetaminophen, Darvocet, Darvon, Dilaudid, Duragesic, Fioricet, Lorcet, Lortab, MS Contin, MSIR, Oxycontin, Percocet, Roxanol, Tylenol with Codeine, Tylenol, and Vicodin (Hydrocodone). Before deciding the surgery, get the injection for pain relief. If it works really good for you. then you can go for surgery. (As per my other neurosurgeon advising me) And for the surgery there are multiple methods consult your neurosurgeon for what is best for you. Hope you find relief, i have been and still there. Gabapentin is helpful to some people with specific pain problems as many in the comments are suggesting. However if you are getting TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) to treat depression and/or anxiety keep in mind gabapentin can actually reduce the efficacy of the treatment. One group of surgeons at my facility has started using pre/post gabapentin, IV acetaminophen, and NSAID (ketorolac) for bowel resections, and it has really seemed to reduce opioid requirements post op. We use it routinely as part of the acute pain service regimen, depending on the patient. I’ve take gabapentin. I can assure you it’s effects are not immediate. Which is probably why they are being prescribed to start taking it two weeks prior. “however it may take up to 2 months for a full effect. You will need to increase the dose for gabapentin to be effective. • Gabapentin does not work for everyone. Gabapentin is effective in reducing anxiety in cats. Your vet may have felt your cat needed this based on their normal behavior at the vet, or this may just be the policy for surgery day that this clinic has in place. Is it a standard across the board, no. Does it make sense? Yes. We thus tested the hypothesis that premedication with gabapentin would decrease preoperative anxiety and improve postoperative analgesia and early postoperative knee mobilization in patients undergoing arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament repair under general anesthesia. My doctor told me weed was fine all the way up to surgery and immediately afterwards. In any form. (Cigarettes are a different story.) Every doctor is different though. I used weed the next day after surgery. Had the best naps of my life on weed+gabapentin Just found a research paper that shows that pre-op gabapentin for 2 weeks before surgery greatly decreased post-op pain (all kinds of surgeries). So wondering why gabapentin is not routinely prescribed BEFORE surgery? Many of the RCT of gabapentin involved a single dose pre-op. Pregabalin starts at and is in lower doses bc it’s stronger. Gabapentin is a relative and starting doses are 300mg 3x a day. Gabapentin is also indicated for other uses such as seizures, anxiety and nerve pain where pregabalin (lyrica) is mostly indicated for nerve pain. It’s recommended to avoid taking ibuprofen and other NSAIDs 24-48 hours before surgery. Opioids: Opioids can interact with anesthetics and increase the risk of respiratory complications. If you’re taking opioids, your doctor may instruct you to taper off the medication before surgery or switch to a different pain management strategy. As Far As surgery, Gabapentin is not your typical pain medication, and won't prevent you from taking post op pain meds, such as vicodin or percocet. It is not an opiate, and is not and NSAID. Follow up with your surgeon's office about meds you should stop in the weeks before surgery just to be sure. I have to give my cat 100 mg of gabapentin tonight and 100 mg tomorrow 3 hours before the vet visit as she is getting her blood drawn. I’m nervous because she’s a 9.7 lb cat and I don’t know anything about how sedatives work on cats. I'm taking 300mg 3x a day for the three days prior to my surgery. From what I've been able to gather, it's supposed to reduce the need for opiates post-surgery. The vet prescribed gabapentin to give him tonight and then 2 hours before the appointment tomorrow morning to help calm him down. I’m scared to give him this medication, since it’s the first medication I’ve had to administer to him myself and I’m not sure how he’ll react to it. Edit: I’d also follow your vet’s instructions with the timing - I’d do the night before and 2 hours before the appointment. For us, we’ve been doing 300mg once 2 hours before the appointment, and that’s been sufficient so far, but your vet is likely wanting your cat to be fully zonked out before the visit. Postoperative opioid consumption was reduced when using gabapentin within the initial 24 hours following surgery (standard mean difference −1.35, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −1.96 to −0.73; P <0.001). There was a significant reduction in morphine, fentanyl, and tramadol consumption (P <0.05). I've been told to stop taking my 600mg gabapentin 3 days prior to my back surgery. Plus stop taking my .5mg xanex and 15mg mirtazapine 2 days prior to surgery. I'm curious as to why?
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