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Peripheral Neuropathy life changing
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Right now I am at only 200 mg. Back when I took something like 900mg I developed problems with my legs and ankles swelling. So I changed to Lyrica at that time. Then when I got shingles the doctor put me back on gabapentin on a dose I’ve forgotten but I had no bad side effects. Since Lyrica made me gain so much weight I went back to gabapentin on a low dose and it helps a lot.
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Wow, back in 1996, my doctor and I played with different cocktails of drugs for my idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, for the better part of a year. We finally settled on 200 mg of Tramadol, 60 mg of Cymbalta, and 4800 mg of Gabapentin. Consider yourself very lucky to be on such a low dose that works for you.
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Hello yes I think I'll speak to my doctor about going on that. I don't eat much but Pregabalin seems to retain water and possibly slow metabolism. I'm not medic but it's a gut feeling.