[Habibi]

>Beware Neurontin. Wife was on it.

As have I, for the last six years.

> Dreadful effects. This is a drug than can cripple and kill.

Or comfort and make life worth living again. Many find the drug to have few side effects, and it may allow one to avoid taking up with the opiates (an even nastier class of drugs if one is worried about safety and complications). Even aspirin or NSAIDS can kill. Neurontin is quite beneficial for treating specific types of pain. It's no fun trying to live on 2-3 hours of sleep per night, and believe it or not my brain was numbed no more than it had ever been. It's worth a try, given the alternatives.

> and IMHO, they're still looking for a proper (and safe!) use for it.

Try living inside a pain ridden carcass that you can't get out of. While having been risk avoidant, by profession in my previous life, there are some odds that I'm quite willing to accept given the specific benefits that this class of drugs provides to me.

> Be careful.

Always!

[King Prout]

methinks you replied to the wrong post ;)

[snuffy smiff]

It's a wonder drug IMO. While I wasn't able to drop the opiates it did seem to make them work better. Just wish I could have been better able to afford it. Haven't looked into the generic version yet. Wonder if it's covered by Medicare Part D?

Bad drug interactions can and do happen. Different drugs affect people differently too. Friend of mine's spouse/doc prescribed for him an allergy med a couple years ago(he has terrible spring-time allergies). Even though taken by millions in his case it effectively shut down his lower digestive system and nearly hospitalized him. He stopped taking it and was fine a couple days later.
My cousin is currently taking prednisone for rheumatoid athritis(sp?). Says he's slept like 5 hours in the last 4 days. Doesn't want to eat and has unbelievable energy too! The exact opposite of what it does to me-all I want to do is eat and sleep when on it.

Be very careful with any new drug and start with the smallest effective dosage.

[Jack Hammer]

"Try living inside a pain ridden carcass that you can't get out of."

You said it, brother. I couldn't have put it better. And Neurontin has made life bearable again. I'd gladly kowtow to the inventor; an end to chronic pain and no adverse side effects whatsoever. Wonderful stuff, IMO.

[mcshot]

Habibi,
I can relate and I'm on the same thread for a reason - chronic Lyme. Neurontin certainly helps me.

mc