Posted on 06/21/2012 1:57:33 PM PDT by stillafreemind
yes, Gabapentin didn’t work very well for seizures, but because we didn’t have to check blood levels and because it didn’t interfere with the drug metabolism of the other seizure medicines, we often used it for people who needed a second medicine to help stop seizures.
It’s not quite as strong as tegretol for Tic doloreaux either, but because of the lack of problems with it, we might use it more.
However, for diabetics etc. neuropathy we rarely used the stonger anti seizure medicines, again because of side effects and drug interaction problems, but gabapentin could be used and it worked, especially when we just used it at night (because of sleepiness side effects with gabapentin).
Since I worked for the IHS, the federal clinics for native Americans, we had limited number of medicines for our patients, so usually we used the cheaper gabapentin...to use the newer medicine meant you had to prove the patient couldn’t use the cheaper drug. (something to remember when Obamacare starts).
Not all medicines work for everyone, so your doctor will probably keep looking for something that does work.
It will be one year, in July, since I had 2 surgeries and I am now off all meds and back to working out at the gym 4-5 days a week.
On Label or Off Label is cut and dry.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/ProductAlert/Prescriptions/15639
BFM.
Look up Bladder pace maker...I would NOT recommend it, as it is very invasive and scar or nerve tissue can grow over the probes and leave more pain. It is also being used for back pain.
When the side effects out weigh the illness it is NOT worth it.
Believe me I live with Fibromyalgia pain 24/7/365, and the back from Hades. C-3-7 nearly bone on bone, T-11-13 bone spurs, T 12 annul tear and herniated, L-2 annul tear, L-3-5 bulged, bone spurs, L-4-5 compression fracture. Osteo A and Osto P. Neurosurgeon won’t touch me, not only am I Medicare but Tricare Life...no money to be made, and they use the FMS as an excuse of not healing well.
I’ve had 2 surgeries this year, healed well from both. Won’t get into the first it was a nightmare of medical malpractice I can’t prove. 2nd one was a very major one and done well with great treatment.
I’m that 2-5% who are so sensitive to these newer drugs I dare not take them.
Whelcol..cholesterol...BIG horse pills supposed to take 6 per day, start with 1 and work up, by 3rd day gout pain, by day 5, I could barely walk..and this was SUPPOSED to be the most tolerated one! Then the idiot one time see cardiologist after typing in my entire list of bad reactions and health history issues a RX for Zetia...hits all 5 of my auto immunes for ‘common side effects” 2 pills later it is in the trash can.
This is used for both bladder and low back pain..but beware airports will be a nightmare to get through.
And do a LOT of googling before deciding to use this.
They tried to stick me with it...not thanks, I am not incontinent nor would it fix compression fracture or the bulges or spurs. Band
aid, a real expensive one at that. That could leave you in even MORE pain. And if one of the probes grows nerve tissue over it, it cannot be removed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ-2S-rCjKM&feature=related
1 Lunesta pill, rotten copper taste for 3 days and anger enough that is was dangerous to leave the house for 24 hrs.
I take 4 drugs Synthroid name brand, as generic is garbage a good ENDO will NOT prescribe the generic. Valium for the FMS, Diazide to control soft tissue swelling and pain in hands, and Claritin, we live in the south, pollen deluxe.
It is to the drug companies benefit...take Crestor, it was supposed to be the DRUG OF LAST RESORT, yet through a slick multi-million $$ ad campaign became #1, with Lipitor as #2, both LAST resort drugs. Older drugs work just as well and have fewer side effects.
That is unless you are some one like me, the 2-5% who can’t take much of any thing. I’ve sent more drugs back to the pharmacist because of the side effects. I don’t have to take them to know what they will do, just reading them tells me that. And it seems strange they are always High Co-pay drugs.
Celebrex caused your stroke? That’s terrible; I hope they gave you compensation for your problems. Damn.
I was on Celebrex and thought it was one of the best drugs ever. Then it attacked my stomach lining and gave me a bleeding ulcer so they stopped prescribing it to me.
Unfortunately, they gave me Bextra instead which provided no benefit along with a new round of ulcers and then they took me off that. Wasn’t soon after that the dire side effects of Bextra were known.
Celebrex, Bextra, Vioxx are all in the same family with Celebrex left standing as the only one still on the market.
My doctor told me my problem is that they didn’t give me something for my stomach so it could handle Celebrex. He said that something like protonix is good to take with Celebrex but since I’d already had two ulcers, they wouldn’t prescribe the combo to me.
They were happy to prescribe any narcotic they had though, Oxycontin, the faster acting oxycodone and hydrocodone which when taken over a long period of time turns you into a junkie which is far worse that Celebrex does but the worse was the fentanyl patches.
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