Reviewer: Nevin, 65-74 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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My Doctor prescribed gabapentin because Lyrica was not helping my peripheral neuropathy in my hands and feet. Now I am taking 300mg three times a day and after 2 weeks I need to totally stop this med. It causes me to loose coordination and my balance is failing. It is my hope that I will get ALL of this med TOTALLY OUT of my body in 1-3 days and I will feel normal again. Perhaps the pain and burn ... Show Full Comment

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My Doctor prescribed gabapentin because Lyrica was not helping my peripheral neuropathy in my hands and feet. Now I am taking 300mg three times a day and after 2 weeks I need to totally stop this med. It causes me to loose coordination and my balance is failing. It is my hope that I will get ALL of this med TOTALLY OUT of my body in 1-3 days and I will feel normal again. Perhaps the pain and burning will return but I will have to try another remedy for pain, burning and tinglyness in my extremities..
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Reviewer: bjtth, 75 or over Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Reviewer: jsbwings, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I have been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy not related to diabetes. Take 1 300mg capsule twice a day. Seems like it worked better in beginning, however I have had continual eye/vision disturbances. Itchy skin, itchy eyes, blurred/double vision, have to close eyes often and use drops to try and help. I can see by reading other folks input that I have had many of the same side effects. My ha ... Show Full Comment

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I have been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy not related to diabetes. Take 1 300mg capsule twice a day. Seems like it worked better in beginning, however I have had continual eye/vision disturbances. Itchy skin, itchy eyes, blurred/double vision, have to close eyes often and use drops to try and help. I can see by reading other folks input that I have had many of the same side effects. My hands have been so painful and feet too. My hands are curling into the palms. Middle fingers worse. I don't think the doctors realize what some of the side effects could be...I had mentioned some of these things already, no validation etc. Lightheaded and couple of times driving I forgot what road I was taking to get home. Very scary stuff. I'll end here. My doctor and I agree that I will wean off and see what is what then.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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Treating Post Herpetic Neuralgia (pain after shingles) Pain is in entire right side of face including nerves around eye, in nose and mouth. Have been on 300 mg three times daily, recently went to four times daily to help with sleep. Also on low dose of Vicodin for breakthrough pain. First 5-6 weeks on the drug was awful...extreme dizzyness and ataxia. Could not drive. Bad forgetfulness, mood swing ... Show Full Comment

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Treating Post Herpetic Neuralgia (pain after shingles) Pain is in entire right side of face including nerves around eye, in nose and mouth. Have been on 300 mg three times daily, recently went to four times daily to help with sleep. Also on low dose of Vicodin for breakthrough pain. First 5-6 weeks on the drug was awful...extreme dizzyness and ataxia. Could not drive. Bad forgetfulness, mood swings and anxiety. These side effects diminished or disappeared after 5-6 weeks. I've been on the drug for 9 months now. Sleepyness and lethargy are still problematic. However, if I were not on this drug, the pain would be totally incapacitating. If I forget and am late with a dose, I can tell immediately, as the pain hits with a vengeance. The gabapentin bumps my pain down to a level where I can function. I am not happy with the lethargy, but will put up with that, as I don't think I could function very well without the Gabapentin.
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Reviewer: Bob, 75 or over Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I've taken gabapentin for at least 7 years and cannot notice marked improvements in leg pain. However, I've undergone 2 heart bypasses and my legs may be stripped of veins needed to conduct blood. I'll talk all this over with my internal physician.

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I've taken gabapentin for at least 7 years and cannot notice marked improvements in leg pain. However, I've undergone 2 heart bypasses and my legs may be stripped of veins needed to conduct blood. I'll talk all this over with my internal physician.
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