Re: Nurontin and constipation

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Hey -

I have not yet taken any antidepressants for vulvodynia or anything

else- I asked my therapist about them once (as vulvodynia treatment)

and she said that ones that cause constipation and vaginal dryness do

so because they dehydrate you. So drinking lots and lots of water

would help.

Again, not the voice of experience, but all I know of the subject

Later

Misty

[Guest guest]

,

Yes, I did have constipation for the first week and I was only on

300 mg/day for the 1st week. It is less likely - I believ only 1% of

the patients get this side effect. I think as your body gets used to

it, it goes away. Like I said, it took me a week for it to go away -

it also made me feel sleepy and less coordinated - stumbling out of

bed. I didn't know neurontin was used for mood swings - that seems

odd to me.

Seema

> Hey Gals (and Tom too),

>

> I have been having some issues with my mood swings lately, probably

due to taking vicoden for the kidney stone I had. The doctor put me

on Nurontin to help stableize my moods for the time being (I'm not

planning to stay on it long term). Can any of you gals who have used

it in the past tell me whether or not it is going to give me any

additional troubles with constipation? Thats a serious conciern of

mine. He said that it would be less likely to give me constipation

then regular mood stablizers would, but constipation is still listed

as one of the side effects. I will be on a really low dose of it, but

I am still concierned. Any thoughts?

>

> Bunny /| |\

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[Guest guest]

, according to the information at rxlist.com,

during clinical trials, 1.5% of the people getting

Neurontin reported constipation (but so did .8% of the

people getting the placebo). Bear in mind that the

clinical trials were conducted on epileptics who

*added* Neurontin to their other epilepsy meds., so I

don't know what the inter-active effect may have been,

with regard to *that* causing constipation.

I don't know about you, but I always seem to fall into

those small percentage groups! LOL When I took

Diflucan after my flu shot in December, I got a short

dose of horrific diarrhea. I looked up the clinical

trials information on Diflucan, and sure enough, only

3% of the people who received Diflucan in the trials

reported diarrhea. It figures.

Suzy

--- Bunny

wrote:

> Hey Gals (and Tom too),

>

> I have been having some issues with my mood swings

> lately, probably due to taking vicoden for the

> kidney stone I had. The doctor put me on Nurontin

> to help stableize my moods for the time being (I'm

> not planning to stay on it long term). Can any of

> you gals who have used it in the past tell me

> whether or not it is going to give me any additional

> troubles with constipation? Thats a serious

> conciern of mine. He said that it would be less

> likely to give me constipation then regular mood

> stablizers would, but constipation is still listed

> as one of the side effects. I will be on a really

> low dose of it, but I am still concierned. Any

> thoughts?

>

> Bunny /| |\

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