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Can Gabapentin make neuropathy pain worse?
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@ecc79
Hello,
Yes, Gabapentin can cause shaking in some people. I’m not surprised that it made you sleepy being an anti-convulsant. Many if not all seizure meds cause drowsiness. I don’t know anything about your sensitivity to light as related to gabapentin though.
I do have a question for you, what do you think of metformin? Does it concern you that it can cause poisoning, death and serious complications? Admittedly these are all rare but still possible.
It was my understanding that insulin shouldn’t be taken with metformin? I must be wrong since obviously your doctor or pharmacist haven’t mentioned it. I only mention that because I have a friend whose doctor had him on both and them when he switched doctors, his new doctor told him that “you should never take those two medications together” so I was just curious.
Take care,
Jake
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Hi Jake. Yes all meds concern me and I take metformin reluctantly and happy to say I have cut my dosage in half and ultimately plan on eliminating it all together by sticking to a strict low carb diet and possibly adjusting my insulin as required to control my diabetes - Just not there yet. I can only tolerate the extended release kind of metformin, otherwise I get a lot of stomach issues. The adverse dangerous effects of metformin can mostly only occur in people with limited kidney function and generally proven to be a safe drug. This is what my doctor explained to me.