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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 24 2:26pm | Replies (718)
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It has never made me dizzy. I started with the smallest dose once a day, the pain of neuropathy was alleviated. As the neuropathy progressed and became more painful and broke through, the gaba was increased and I got relief again. Now I'm at 1200 mgs twice a day - still no dizzyness. I understand that it doesn't work so well for some people but please don't say that 'no one should take it' or 'we all have these side affects'. We can all try the least invasive medicines first, yoga, cold packs, tylenol, then ramp up and try others as needed. My doctor and I tried some things that didn't work, so we just went on to the next option. Peggy
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Peggy, your plea is a just one. Everyone reacts differently to each drug. Unless someone experiences a side effect that has changed their life in a drastically worse way, they should simply stop taking it and move on. No need to start some crusade to remove it from the grasp of all those who do get benefit from it. Drugs that do permanent damage to some should clearly be removed from the open market. Those that cause unpleasant side effects that subside after stopping use should be eliminated for that particular person, but not for everybody else necessarily. Hank