Re: Question about Neurontin

[Guest guest]

Hi Susie

I was on Elavil before I ever heard of Neurontin. I am now on 75mg of

Elavil and 2700mg of Neurontin. The combination of them was given to me at

first for IC. The high dose of Elavil wass for the Fibro. I can say that

they both work for me.I would love to get off them both as they are both bad

for weight gain. I think its kinda individualized.

I would wait till after the trip if its ok with your Dr because the

Neuronton caused me to get real tired and I would have to rest when I first

started it. It can also cause some short term memory loss but I don't think

that is one of the more common side effects.I had the problem prior to the

Neurontin but I do thin it has gotten worse. It might just be my aga.. but

geeze I hate to admit that LOL

Heidibug

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Susie Bartholow <susbartholow@...>wrote:

>

>

> Good morning everyone. I have a quick question about Neurontin. My

> rheumy wants me to start back on the Elavil and increase the dose for 2

> weeks and then start decreasing it and taper completely off of it after 5

> weeks....AND as I was doing this, he wanted me to also start the Neurontin,

> only increase the dosage with time and to remain on it. He said the Elavil

> will jump start the Neurontin and make it work faster. However I have too

> many side effects with the Elavil. In your opinion, should I just start the

> Neurontin without the Elavil and go from there? If I remember correctly, I

> have read where people have just started the Neurontin on its own.

>

> Also, has anyone had any bad side effects from Neurontin? The reason I ask

> is because I am leaving a week from today to go to Pennsylvania for 9 days

> and I don't want to be dealing with side effects. I would rather just wait

> on starting the med after I return home. Yes, I am in pain, but what's

> new!!

>

> And my last question is this. He also wants me to start on a low dose

> Prednisone, which I have tried before and had a really bad burning

> sensation

> from it. I already have a burning sensation as it is and when I told him

> this, he mentioned the Prednisone. Other than the burning pain I have, is

> the Prednisone for any other reason? If not, why should I take the

> Prednisone again if it makes the burning worse. I know it is for

> inflammation, but I feel like I am going backwards instead of forward. I

> think I will just be trading one level of burning for another

> level......help!

>

> Thanks for any advise.

>

> --

> Susie B - Texas

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Susie - I've never taken Elavil. I have taken Neurontin. It made me tired and

gain weight, so I backed the dosage off from 2400mg/day to 600mg/day - sometimes

I have to take more depending on how I feel. I wouldn't contradict your Rheumy

one way or another, but perhaps you could call him/her and express your concerns

to them. If you've had bad experiences with the Elavil in the past - tell him.

If Prednisone makes your burning worse - tell him.

Please remember we are paying them for their services - if there is a med that

we've not had good luck with before, we need to tell them - I keep a list in my

purse so I can quickly refer to it if they want to try me on something new.

Have a good trip - hope you have a pain free time.....Doreen

>

> Good morning everyone. I have a quick question about Neurontin. My

> rheumy wants me to start back on the Elavil and increase the dose

> for 2 weeks and then start decreasing it and taper completely off

> of it after 5 weeks....AND as I was doing this, he wanted me to

> also start the Neurontin, only increase the dosage with time and to

> remain on it. He said the Elavil will jump start the Neurontin and

> make it work faster. However I have too many side effects with the

> Elavil. In your opinion, should I just start the Neurontin without

> the Elavil and go from there? If I remember correctly, I have read

> where people have just started the Neurontin on its own.

>

> Also, has anyone had any bad side effects from Neurontin? The

> reason I ask is because I am leaving a week from today to go to

> Pennsylvania for 9 days and I don't want to be dealing with side

> effects. I would rather just wait on starting the med after I

> return home. Yes, I am in pain, but what's new!!

>

> And my last question is this. He also wants me to start on a low

> dose Prednisone, which I have tried before and had a really bad

> burning sensation from it. I already have a burning sensation as

> it is and when I told him this, he mentioned the Prednisone. Other

> than the burning pain I have, is the Prednisone for any other

> reason? If not, why should I take the Prednisone again if it makes

> the burning worse. I know it is for inflammation, but I feel like I

> am going backwards instead of forward. I think I will just be

> trading one level of burning for another level......help!

>

> Thanks for any advise.

>

> --

> Susie B - Texas