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Neuropathy: Anyone have any experience with gabapentin?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 28, 2024 | Replies (478)
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@christmastime

Thanks for your response.
No other rash. But I notice him scratching his left bicep. No rash there. We do have very dry skin due to living in northern Canada and the weather just got very cold.
He stopped the CBD and took Benadryl yesterday. He is continuing the gabapentin. 300 mg in morning 300 mg afternoon and 900 mg at bedtime.
I hope your health improves and is manageable.
Nobody warns us what can happen when our bodies betray us.

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Chris Trout, Volunteer Mentor | @artscaping | Nov 6, 2022

Good evening @christmastime. Northern Canada...... does get cold. I am in Minnesota. Also gets cold here.

I don't know if I can help with your husband's itch issues. However, it might be worth a try. After about 5 years with SFN (small fiber neuropathy), I developed serious itch flares. They began from inside my body......not from contact. My hands, arms, and legs began to have pretty severe itch episodes and I was at a loss to find out what might be the culprit.

Come to find out it might be called a "neuropathic itch". It grew worse. I ended up in the ER several times unable to cope with the severe itching. Just a few months ago I was approved for a medication called Dupixent. It is a self-injection every two weeks. No application issues and no side effects. And......for once.....no itch. None, nada. I am ecstatic and grateful to my dermatologist for pursuing this solution.

Just thought you might want to add Dupixent to the list of possible solutions.
Is the Benadryl working well so far?

May you and your husband be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris

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