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Gabapentin works fairly well for me at a high dose (2400-3200mg/day) specifically for moderate to severe nerve pain caused by spine and nerve root compression from a herniated disc. I have joint pain in my wrists, fingers, elbows, knees, and toes. My doctor prescribed this to me based off of a diagnosis of "muscle spasms" from a specialist I saw for arthritic pain who said my pain was not arthritis but these pains have only gotten worse since then. And as far as I can tell my muscles aren't spasming. Reviews and ratings for Gabapentin when used in the treatment of back pain. 6 reviews submitted with a 8.5 average score. 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. For Pain "I have severe sciatica in my right leg and horrible back pain due to two herniated discs, and severe spinal stenosis from an injury. I've seen 3 doctors and have tried everything out there. Today my doctor prescribed 300mg of gabapentin 3 times a day. 5 hours ago, I took the first one and AMAZING! I can feel the pain going away!" 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. We do NOT promote drug use; - Accept, for better and or worse, that licit & illicit drug use is part of our world and choose to work to minimize its harmful effects rather than simply ignore or condemn them; - Utilize evidence-based, feasible, and cost-effective practices to prevent and reduce harm; - Call for the non-judgmental, non-coercive provision of services and resources to people who One primary care doctor prescribed me for lower back pain. I took a very low dose 300 mg and immediately felt dizzy, very tired, depressed and almost flu like. So I quit it but was later prescribed it by a back surgeon. Hopefully gabapentin works for you, I've heard quite a few people have decent success with it, but it's a restricted authorization only medication in New Zealand and Australia so I haven't had it since I lost my authority after moving to Australia (moved back to nz thanks to the covid, but it worked out with my governments response to that Patient Forums for Gabapentin. Part of the Brain and nerves category. Symptom, treatment and advice from community members 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 Nerve pain medication: Gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica) may help reduce neck and back nerve pain, especially sciatica. Begin with low doses to avoid daytime drowsiness and fall risk. Muscle relaxants. Tizanidine (Zanaflex) and baclofen (Lioresal) may reduce pain from muscle spasms. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. Friend has been prescribed Gabapentin for back and leg pain due to a pinched nerve. He's on 100mg x 3 times a day. Is that dose normal or will it be increased in future. The pain is interfering with my sleep and I get spasms in my neck and upper back. I did have the gabapentin increased to 2400 mg a day for about 3 months, but noticed no pain relief. It was actually around that time the pain in my leg and groin started. That led me to believe it didn't work so I told my Dr I wanted to go back to 600 mg. 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.
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