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Does anyone find relief for arthritis in knees with Gabapentin?

Posted by molly7234 @molly7234, Jul 22, 2023

I’m 78 years old. First case of Covid in May 2023. It was accompanied by pneumonia and strep throat and I tested positive for 18 days in July while walking my dog I pulled a muscle in my left calf going up a slight incline, just radiated into my left knee with some swelling and nerve pain, I’ve been prescribed gabapentin for restless leg and take 300 mg at night. I have a prescription for 100 mg which I started with. I’ve never had arthritis like this and now it’s in the other knee as well. My thigh muscles are extremely weak and I know I need to exercise to strengthen them. Advice please

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molly7234 | @molly7234 | Oct 15, 2023
In reply to @itchyd "If you're 78 and your knees were fine until you got Covid, I'm suspicious that it's..." + (show)
@itchyd

If you're 78 and your knees were fine until you got Covid, I'm suspicious that it's arthritis. I'm 66 and have had osteoarthritis for 30 years. It's almost always a slowly progressing disease. When I was first diagnosed, I had no symptoms and they've gradually manifested and worsened over the years.

I'd ask your doc if it's tendinitis or another temporary condition resulting from Covid.

As far as gabapentin goes, I've never taken it and, even though I've got severe arthritis in most joints now, never been prescribed anything other than NSAIDs for inflammation/pain relief.

Try to make the effort to get mild exercise to strengthen your thighs and the muscles around your knees. Always look at drugs as a last resort. Almost all have undesirable side effects. Hope this helps!

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Thanks -very helpful

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donsunlover | @donsunlover | Oct 16, 2023
In reply to @pacer3702 "A caution that high doses of curcumin/turmeric supplements are linked to liver injury especially when combined..." + (show)
@pacer3702

A caution that high doses of curcumin/turmeric supplements are linked to liver injury especially when combined with black pepper to enhance bioavailability:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36252717/

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Most studies use the scientific method to make any sort of legitimate proof.
This is an interesting study in that it is proof by implied connection and nothing more. It starts with 10 patients with Drug Induced Liver Injury. It collected all the medications they were or had been taking. These were analyzed to see if they contained turmeric. Then it was inferred that if any of the meds contained turmeric, they were the cause of Drug Induced Liver Injury. Extremely faulty logic I'm surprised this was published, even in 2016.

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