• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for whole body ache)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (word fishing, grogginess)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: word fishing, grogginess

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for whole body ache)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (word fishing, grogginess)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Helps nerve pain alot

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: word fishing, grogginess

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for burning sensation)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (lethargy, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, sleepiness, daytime sleepiness, vertigo)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Did not like this drug.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lethargy, sleepiness, headaches, daytime sleepiness, vertigo, fatigue, dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for burning sensation)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (lethargy, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, sleepiness, daytime sleepiness, vertigo)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lethargy, sleepiness, headaches, daytime sleepiness, vertigo, fatigue, dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for burning sensation)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (lethargy, fatigue, dizziness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 600 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I was started on the Gabapentin in the midst of a flare up. Unfortunately my doc was out of town as it was during the holidays. The on-call doc prescribed Gabapentin for the awful spasms and cold burning sensation I was experiencing. I was prescribed the 300mg right off the bat! It sent me for a loop! The first dose I took left me so dizzy, dopey and sleepy I could not even think straight! I did not know that Gabapentin should be started out at 100mg and built up. Upon her return, my doc put me back down to the 100mg. I never really adjusted to Gabapentin. I just couldn't get my energy back, I still had break through on my cold burning sensations, and I just didn't feel good. I stopped the Gabapentin and started on Lyrica, and OMG! What a huge difference it made in how I felt!! I know it works well for a lot of people, but it actually made me feel sicker any time I took it.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lethargy, sleepiness, headaches, daytime sleepiness, vertigo, fatigue, dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1800 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I jst could not continue todel with the weight gain.

Side effects: weight gain

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (headaches which last for 5 days at a time)
• Adherence

  Never taken as prescribed
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: while i was on gabapentin it did not appear to do much for my pain symptoms, made me drowsy during the day and not sleep well at nite. but if i didn't take it i did notice so i suppose it must've being doing something may be it was too minute.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: headaches which last for 5 days at a time

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (panic attacks)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 2400 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Gabapentin takes time to build up in the system, so relief is not immediate. At my current dose I cannot miss a single dose, if I do the relief is lost for 24+ hours. This product (along with it's sister, Lyrica) cause me nightmare/nightterrors that can leave me with a panic attack when I wake. The gabapentin does not leave me as depressed as the Lyrica did, so I am currently remain with it as my primary treatment.

Cost: $50-99 monthly

Side effects: panic attacks

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2400 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Worked slightly and lost efficacy quickly over time. Very bad withdrawal symptoms can develop when stopped abruptly.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (memory and cognition problems)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Help with bladder urgency.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: memory and cognition problems

• Effectiveness

  Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (pain in lower back)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: pain in lower back

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for Increase effect of another treatment)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for depressed mood)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 900 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 200 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: This is the only medication I take that isn't causing me any problems. I have been taking this since 1996, when first diagnosied with MS. One benefit I noticed, is a good night sleep since this dose increase, before I was waking up in the middle of the night with pain and spasms.

Cost: < $25 monthly