250 patient evaluations for Gabapentin

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Jun 30, 2016 (Started Sep 11, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (blurry vision)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I think my initial positive reaction coincided with a natural ebb of my symptoms. My pain and fatigue kicked up again even through I never missed a dose of the meds. Eventually I discussed dropping it from my regimen because I just didn't feel it was doing anything for me. I stopped about a year ago and the pain and fatigue did not spike. They tend to ebb and flow the same as before.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Jun 25, 2013 (Started Sep 11, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (blurry vision)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: this medication seems to have been even more effective at treating my fatigue than my FM nerve pain though it seems to have done a fairly good job with that too.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 28, 2017 (Started Apr 25, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 2, 2017 (Started Jun 01, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jan 1, 2013 (Started Jun 01, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 1, 2016 (Started Jun 22, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for restless feeling in legs)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (constipation)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 12, 2017 (Started Jun 28, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (low testosterone, prolactin increased, oversleeping (too much sleep))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Three times daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 20, 2016 (Started Jun 28, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for emotional pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: I notice improvement at the start of taking Neurontin, but not so much now.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 11, 2016 (Started Jun 28, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for emotional pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: It has only been about 2 months but I have been feeling better, less emotional pain and less depression.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2010 (Started Jan 25, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: I stopped taking Gabapentin around 2010. I was prescribed Gabapentin again a year ago for nerve pain related to several herniated and ruptured disc in my lower back. I had to stop taking it soon after because I would throw up every time I took it. This was causing dehydration, weight loss, and it did not seem to have any positive effect on my nerve pain.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 28, 2017 (Started Aug 24, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for diabetic neuropathy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (recurring nightmares)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: Track nightmares or unpleasant vivid dreams. Is there a pattern? Is there any emotional or cognitive benefit to the dreams? Is any effect on pain worth the disruption of the nightmares/dreams?
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 6, 2017 (Started Sep 04, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: gabapentin continues to be very effective for weird nerve pain.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 30, 2016 (Started Sep 04, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I upped the dosage since the weird hands sensation has intensified.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jun 9, 2016 (Started Sep 04, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: Gabapentin is a major help for weird nerve pain.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jan 25, 2016 (Started Sep 04, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: Gabapentin continues to be a major reliever of nerve pain.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Apr 26, 2015 (Started Sep 04, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: My toes and feet no longer feel quite so strange, they still do feel some what odd, but much less so.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 24, 2017 (Started Jan 12, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain around ribs)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain in chest wall)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for shooting pain in left arm)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for shooting pain in lower extremities)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Three times daily

Aug 26, 2016 (Started Jan 12, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain around ribs)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for shooting pain in lower extremities)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for shooting pain in left arm)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Three times daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 1993 (Started Jul 01, 1991)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • 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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