250 patient evaluations for Gabapentin

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Aug 31, 2010 (Started Nov 10, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: for me gabapentin is a ten dollar copay and lyrica is a 60 dollar copay, i made the decision to switch to gabapentin because of cost, it seems to be as effective as lyrica
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 24, 2010 (Started Aug 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: NO ADVICE
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 1, 2010 (Started Dec 18, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for muscle pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It made me gain a lot of weight, and I didn't notice that much effect from it.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 15, 2010 (Started Oct 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It worked very well for me until my Fibromyalgia got worse and I noticed more stiffness in the morning. My doctor switched me to Lyrica 50mg to start out with.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 7, 2010 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (increased appetite, agitation with irritability, woozy, intoxicated feeling)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Made me gain weight. Even with diet and exercise. Not great for morale.
Side effects: increased appetite, woozy, intoxicated feeling, agitation with irritability

Nov 13, 2009 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (increased appetite, woozy, intoxicated feeling)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Feeling like I am getting slightly better sleep and it relieves the pain somewhat, but wears off quite quickly. Still numb hands and feet, still quite dizzy, very tired, but waking up on my own now, so that is something. Stil nauseated, but have been for a month now so don't knwo if its the meds or not.
Side effects: increased appetite, woozy, intoxicated feeling, agitation with irritability

Nov 6, 2009 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (woozy, intoxicated feeling)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Feel like I slept for the first time in a long time. Woozy feeling, definitely would not drive on this med at this time. Kinda feel like I've had a couple of glasses of wine. Not putting a dent in the pain, but helping the fatigue a little.
Side effects: increased appetite, woozy, intoxicated feeling, agitation with irritability
  • 2 helpful marks

Aug 10, 2010 (Started Dec 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for trigeminal neuralgia)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for back pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 12, 2010 (Started Jul 01, 1999)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (gum dysplasia)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I have been having problems with my gums & teeth hurting and when I looked up side effects on the internet among the listed was the receeding gum lines caused by anti-siezure meds.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gum dysplasia

Jun 30, 2010 (Started Jul 01, 1999)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (gum dysplasia)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The only thing that concerned me is that my gums started receeding and when I looked up causes for that I saw that anti-siezure meds may cause that. When I stopped taking it the burning and pain did not return so I have only been taking it as I need it which is very seldom.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gum dysplasia
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 2, 2010 (Started Jan 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for muscle pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 27, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for bipolar mixed episodes)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This med [aka Neurontin] Rx'd specifically for bipolar, but chosen because also affects nerve pain.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 28, 2010 (Started Nov 29, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue, brain fog, word fishing, sleepiness, grogginess, difficulty thinking)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: made me feel like I was in a box, heavy legs and could not concentrate.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: grogginess, difficulty thinking, brain fog, fatigue, word fishing, sleepiness

Jun 26, 2009 (Started Nov 29, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, brain fog, word fishing, sleepiness, grogginess, difficulty thinking)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: seems to work once it is in your system but a big adjustment
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: grogginess, difficulty thinking, brain fog, fatigue, word fishing, sleepiness
  • 0 helpful marks
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