Anyone taking Gabapentin for neuropathic pain? Just been prescribed it and wondered how other people had got on with it. Has it been effective at getting rid of the pain? Any side effects?
My father is taking it as oral tabs, and I also have friend who has the patches. My Dad forgot how many he had taken one day and woke up in hospital having overdosed - he simply passed out whilst selling Poppies! My friend has post hepatic neuralgia following a very severe shingles attack - she finds that the patches give her more relief from the pain than oral tabs.
My hubby has severe neuropathy in both legs which has spread to his hands.
He was given these but he didn't find them helpful at all.
Had these for Spondylosis (Cervical) didn't work at all, had pregabalin too, no good either 🙁
one of my friends has been on these, her memory has been affected i.e. she forgets what she was going to say and they sometimes affect her speech. It now turns out that she doesn't need them and should not have been prescribed them.
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