Generic Name: Gabapentin for Small Fiber Neuropathy (gabapentin)
Gabapentin for Small Fiber Neuropathy Reviews
"I was on gabapentin dose of 3600mg a day. It did nothing for my small fiber neuropathy pain. I actually got the reverse out of it as it gave me more pronounced feet and sciatica pain. I was put on opioids and taken off the gabapentin and at least the sciatic pain went away. I then moved and found a new pain doctor. He wanted me off the opioids and insisted I go back on gabapentin. I immediately started having horrible sciatica nerve pain again. It felt as though someone reached into my leg to strum a banjo chord. The nerve would verberate, leaving me rolling on the ground in agony. I stopped the gabapentin and the sciatica pain has not returned. I still suffer from the small fiber neuropathy and take hydrocodone for it."
"Symptoms of my Small Fiber are burning, prickling and deep pain in extremities. Gabapentin felt like it worked for the first few days. But then needed to be upped to the next dose after about 5 days. Then the cycle continued. some relief, then needed to be upped again. In my case i found my body built up a tolerance too quickly. Was up to 3000mg and experience no relief at all. Its very hit or miss when it comes to small fiber neuropathy."
"I have been suffering and tortured since I was 5 years old with entire body in itching, zapping and crawling sensations from head to toe simultaneously. No doc could help. After doing my own research (since the 90’s) I diagnosed myself and was properly DX by neuro. I somehow came across Gabapentin which until this day is the ONLY thing that resets my nerves when they flare up."
"I was prescribed gabapentin for neuropathy pain due to metastatic ovarian cancer. The pain is in my feet, hands and face. It helped for about 5 days and then it did not help whatsoever. The hospice doctor's want to continue gabapentin so I'll move forward with caution."
"I have been diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy. Gabapentin provided very very little relief, many side effects ( constant nausea and dizziness), and difficulty tapering off of this medication. Why do physicians still prescribe this for Small Fiber Neuropathy SFN?"
"First used gabapentin in 2003 for continual intense burning across upper back/neck, had been diagnosed as fibromyalgia. It really helped...then. Since then I've been diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy and burning is now body-wide, which I'm sure was what I had all along. They still suggest gabapentin, but the former wonderful reduction in burning pain is only minimal now. I hate opiates but am considering them as it's so bad."
"Did not help with the debilitating ache in my feet and hands. However, it made me fat, stupid and angry."
"I take 900 mg a day for neuropathy in my feet it was Effective at first but in time did not relieve my Pain. I have chronic Pain in my Feet Hands & Back."
"Did not work other than making me brain dead. Actually got worse while taking it. I don't think anything helps."
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