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What are the side effects of gabapentin?

Posted by cate321 @cate321, Mar 22, 2025

I'm taking 300mg 3x day for nerve pain in my leg due to a ruptured disc. It's helping but not completely. I've started to have memory problems that I haven't had before. And the other , more troubling thing that has happened is I'm having trouble speaking. I can't pronounce some words and end up saying something else. Or I say a word similar but not correct. Also, swallowing food has become a challenge. Do you think this is from gabapentin or something else? Thank you for reading and responding!

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bajjerfan | @bajjerfan | 1 day ago
In reply to @sharshy "I get constipation with Gabatentin and Trazodone but what else can I do. Seems all pain..." + (show)
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I get constipation with Gabatentin and Trazodone but what else can I do. Seems all pain meds do this.

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A notable side effect of opiods; neither Trazodone nor GabaPentin are opiods.

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marja27 | @marja27 | 1 day ago
In reply to @marja27 "@dogloverinfl After some weeks I could not breathe very well. Unpleasent feeling, so I finish to..." + (show)
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@dogloverinfl After some weeks I could not breathe very well. Unpleasent feeling, so I finish to use it. Ot eas a pity, because it helped my pains in shoulder. .

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@marja27 Yes!

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