Hi
Do any of you lovely people have a high dose of Gabapenin for nerve pain. I take 2700 of Gab spread over 3 times per day. and 40ml Amitriptyline taken at night, lately my back and left foot have needed more, so I’ve taken an extra 600ml capsul of Gabapentin but do feel that it’s time to change my drug regime.
Sidebar, I hate taking drugs, as you probably do too,
Wendy x
Gosh, that’s high - I take 300mg x 4 times a day after consultant on a trial I did suggested an increase.
I take 50mg amitriptyline at night tho, GP happily increased to that level when I was diagnosed.
Have you tried pregabalin? I used to take it but my consultant thought I was allergic due to scratching my scalp but realised I did that anyway (!) so asked my GP to go back to Gabapentin as more helpful for walking,
I’d definitely ask and look at maybe changing - good luck
Sonia x
Hi Wendy & Sonia, I used to have max dose of Pregabalin then changed to max dose of Gabapentin. Side effect; Weight gain of 3 stone in less than a year!
In 2015, I broke left leg fibia, tibia & ankle bone & ortho consultant stopped Gabapentin. He then prescribed controlled drugs Oxy-Norm medicine every 3-6 hours plus OxyCodone 30mg tablets x 3 per day for my 5 or 6 weeks in hospital. I also lost over 3 stone in less than 8 months - back to size 12, yippee!
Nowadays, I take 2 Buprenorphine tablets called Temgesic, 200mg each tablet. Sublingual (under tongue) every 4-6 hours. If I need a top up, I have 5 - 7ml of Oxynorm medicine.
I don’t suffer the Neuro pain as much as it’s under control with Temgesic & Oxy-Norm.
Good luck xx