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Can gabapentin cause muscle pain and cramps in arms & legs?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 25 10:58am | Replies (161)Comment receiving replies
While gabapentin may have been a “terrible” drug for you there are many others of us that do well on it. It helps manage my pain from permanent nerve damage in my leg. My pain doc has had me on it for 5 years. I am considering having a spinal stimulator implanted but will do the trial first. It would be nice to get off of gabapentin and the drowsiness I feel after taking it. But in the meantime gaba controls the tingling, burning and nerve zaps I get without it.
I am glad Lyrica helped you. When I tried it for a month or so I had too many side effects to continue. Obviously we are all different and there is no one size fits all treatment.
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I get excruciating leg cramps! I mean leg cramps inside my UPPER parts of leg or i should say inside thigh. It is a cramp that makes me scream and feels as if i am being cut open with a wooden knife!!
One B12 pill or one Tramadol is only thing that takes pain away in less than 2 long minutes!!
NOTHING else works on me..i mean NOTHING ELSE, no matter what people tell me to try!
Anything with steroids will immediately give me the inner thigh leg cramps!
I have gotten those cramps on both legs at same time that make me fall and have bad knees now due to the falls!!
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You are right.... we all have a different body chemistry. I have permanent nerve damage to my leg too from a pinched nerve in my lumbar.
Would you mind telling me what caused your nerve damage. Is it from neuropathy?
I don’t do well with prescription drugs.
Excedrin XStrength is the only med that gives me a little relief. J