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Jul 31, 2007 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    None (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    Severe (mood swings)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: Flush it!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: mood swings, mood swings
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2007 (Started Jul 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (insomnia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Three times daily
Advice & Tips: Doctor was trying to find what would work best for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 9, 2007 (Started May 11, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless feeling in legs)
  • Side effects
    Severe
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 3600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Excessive Weight Gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 30, 2003 (Started Feb 02, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (increased appetite, mood swings)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Take as prescribed and if you need to discontinue this medication, make sure you wean yourself off of this drug. Abrupt halt of the medication can cause very severe side effects, including seizures.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: increased appetite, mood swings
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 1993 (Started Jul 01, 1991)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Twice daily
Advice & Tips: Took this for pain and muscle spasms from degenerated cervical vertebrae. Did not help at all.
  • 0 helpful marks
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