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Drug-Induced Lupus from Methotrexate
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Oct 13, 2018 | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
Hello @pattym, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @nikohl7 who has offered some great suggestions. Another tool that I use that you might find helpful is Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/) which finds a lot of research and medical information. It also lets you sort the links it finds by date to see the latest information first. I did a search using the phrase drug induced lupus and here is what it found:
-- https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2018&q=drug+induced+lupus+list&hl=en&as_sdt=0,24
As far as the gabapentin, here is a site that describes it's usage along with Lyrica.
Lyrica vs. Gabapentin: Differences between Pain Relief and Uses
-- https://www.medicinenet.com/lyrica_vs_gabapentin/article.htm
@pattym, are you able to ask your rheumatologist why the gabapentin was prescribed? I'm guessing it has something to do with nerve pain but I have no medical training or background.
John
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Thank you, John, for your thoughts! I've gone to pubmed and uptodate.com for info, but Google Scholar is a good idea, too. The gabapentin was prescribed by my neurologist for my headaches. And it's not listed as being a potential trigger of drug-induced lupus. But, several medications in the anti-convulsant category ARE potentially triggers of drug-induced lupus. And, since my symptoms haven't subsided after being off zonisamide (an anti-convulsant prescribed to me for my migraines), I'm starting to wonder if something else I'm taking is triggering this.