250 patient evaluations for Gabapentin

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Aug 8, 2009 (Started May 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, nausea, grogginess)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 2700 mg Daily
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: nausea, grogginess, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 3, 2009 (Started Jul 03, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: worked great to kill my nerve pain in my spine, but added weight gain worked against the benefit
Side effects: increased appetite, weight gain

Sep 16, 2008 (Started Jul 03, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for back pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: A fantastic med that is non-addictive, so is non-narcotic and also is not an opioid
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: increased appetite, weight gain

Aug 22, 2008 (Started Jul 03, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for back pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: non-narcotic, no addictive factor, this is the 1st drug out of many that really deals with my pain and I dont even feel like I am taking a med.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: increased appetite, weight gain
  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 2, 2009 (Started Jun 06, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 3000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Iv'e been on Neurontin for a long time. This is one drug that I swear by and really do like it. I don't get any negative or bad side effects from it and it really does help my mood out alot. The only problem- beware if you don't have health insurance for it's one expensive drug.
Cost: $200+ monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Jul 24, 2009 (Started Oct 09, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It doesn't do it for me. And I have gained at least 50lbs
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 15, 2009 (Started Jun 26, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sedation)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: sedation
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 26, 2009 (Started Jan 27, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2400 mg Daily

Jan 3, 2009 (Started Jan 27, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2400 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 13, 2009 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (increased appetite, depressed mood)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This helps without terrible side effects. Useful drug. I've taken it off and on since 1984.
Side effects: depressed mood, increased appetite
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 24, 2009 (Started Apr 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (muscle weakness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Although it did a great job of controlling the neuro pain, the rapid lose of muscle control was overwhelming. After discontinuing most of muscle control is back.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle weakness
  • 0 helpful marks

May 25, 2009 (Started Apr 30, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 18, 2009 (Started Apr 22, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (mood swings, speech problems, loss of short term memory, sleepiness, spacing out, voice changes)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: If you can work through the side effects keep the treatment up. It seems to be helping me. Thank God.
Side effects: speech problems, mood swings, sleepiness, loss of short term memory, voice changes, spacing out
  • 0 helpful marks
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