A Chance Find, and Voilà! Goodbye, Hot Flashes. Hello, Sleep.

NY Times ^ | March 28, 2006 | JANE E. BRODY

[neverdem]

It has help with some symptoms but for the most part it really hasn't helped. What are some of the other side effects that I should look out for?

If it's not really helping you, why bother? Use a search strategy such as (neurontin or gabapentin), adverse effects in PubMed.

[RipSawyer]

ping

[Ben Chad]

Been there, done that, BUMP.

[Smokin' Joe]

It was prescribed again last fall when I developed debilitating back and leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in my back.

I am no doctor, but this sounds like the severe sciatia my chiropractor had fixed in 10-12 visits.

Pain pills might have masked those symptoms, but they would not have dealt with the problem.

My back and leg were still not completely up to snuff for 6 months or so, and required the occasional visit for adjustment. After that I was fine. Five years later, I put a stripped 390 engine block on the stand by myself with no crane, (not that I'd reccommend doing that for everyone), with no ill effects.

[Robert A Cook PE]

So, what about us guys who's temps cycle?

[mcshot]

Habibi,
I can relate and I'm on the same thread for a reason - chronic Lyme. Neurontin certainly helps me.

mc

[neverdem]

I am no doctor, but this sounds like the severe sciatia my chiropractor had fixed in 10-12 visits.

If your doc is an osteopathic physician, i.e. a Doctor of Osteopathy or DO, then you maybe treated by manipulative treatments, prescription drugs or both.

[neverdem]

So, what about us guys who's temps cycle?

Do you have a fever of unknown origin?

[MamaLucci]

I would be interested to hear what you think of Lyrica. Drs are hesitant to prescribe it for my daughter since it is a "new" drug.

[techcor]

bump

[jch10]

I took Neurontin for a year for restless leg syndrome.....never had a problem with it....no side effects of any kind...

[King Prout]

you got fried. that's a whole 'nuther animal from minor motion and posture related injuries. I will not speculate about your condition - electrocution is capable of some really odd lingering effects.

[stlnative]

Fully fried on the inside, it almost killed me.

Fibromyalgia was basically new when I was diagnosed with it. I have been part of few studies over the years. There is no doubt that I have it and that it is not in my mind.

Fibromyalgia is real, but these days it seems many people are being misdiagnosed with it.

[King Prout]

as I stated: "fibromyalgia" is often medicalese for "all in the patient's head" offered as a "diagnosis" by a physician who has not taken the trouble to carefully hunt for the physical root cause. like ADD/ADHD, it is a real condition, but too many doctors use it as a vague panacaea for a host of other problems, and misdiagnose patients who have other (and treatable/curable) conditions.

don't get me started on misdiagnosis of carpal-tunnel syndrome... lots of patients so diagnosed actually have a pinched nerve in the bracchial plexus, and nothing at all wrong south of their elbows!