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Gabapentin side effects?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Dec 22, 2024 | Replies (869)

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@spondi64

<p>My Dr prescribed Gabapentin 300mg caps last Friday. I took one at bedtime & woke up at 3:30a.m. in horrible pain. Has anyone else experenced anything like this?</p>

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Are you thinking there’s a link between the two? I’ve not heard that. I am pretty sure my fatty liver came about because of my high blood lipids. I’m on a hefty? dose of a statin drug - switched from simvastatin to atorvastatin now 80mg per day, if I recall correctly.

Thsnk you for your kind words. Any kind of doctor can order Genesight testing and go over the results with you. They must call the company, Genesight, and take about 15 minutes to become registered but it doesn't cost them anything to do so. You can also go to their website and put in your zip code and they will give you a list of doctors in your area who are already registered to order the test and inform you of the results. That was what I had to do. It's really very simple and the average person could make sense of the report even without the help of a doctor but I wouldn't recommend it. It doesn't replace the input of the doctor it just tells them if you are going to be able to metabolize a particular drug and at what rate you will metabolize it. If you can't digest the drug it can't do you any good. If you digested too quickly you may need smaller doses more frequently. If you digest it too slowly it could lead to overdoses. Say You're supposed to take it every 4 hours but it takes you 7 hours or 8 hours to metabolize it. After a couple of days of that you would have taken way too many doses. Good luck trying to find the right meds can be very frustrating and this does make it a little bit easier. The Mayo Clinic has also developed a gene testing protocol but I don't know anything about it. And I don't know what you have to do to avail yourself up their test. The company Genesight was the first on the market that I ever heard of and the one I would recommend because it worked for me.

@1mepnurse You are so right that is what zI experience burning ng thigh pain I had a L3 @S4 fracture now the nerve burning pain wakes me up at night ice bags help alot about the only thing that helps Retired nurse here

Have you checked?

Gabapentin caused extreme dizziness and a couple of other things, but not pain. It did nothing for my pain. Luckily I found a true Pain Clinic which was open to try various avenues to treat pain, including opioids. That was over 20 years ago.

I took gabapentin for a few days before it built up enough in my system to quell the pain, but again, we're all different. Peggy

@spondi64 @spondi65 I did not have this side effect when I took Gabapentin. However, I did have to quit it after being on it for about 3 weeks. I was having balance and depth perception issues. I would call the dr as soon as possible to see if this is normal and something that will pass. I wish you the best.

I've been on gabapentin 800mg for four years. So far it works for me

Is anyone suffering from coccyx pain. Iv had it for four years. Nothing works. I'm on tramadol but I still have pain

I take gabapentin 800mg 3 times a day for about 15 years. For nuerothpy in my feet. I don't think I've had any side effects and it took the pain and burning away