Neurontin usage
I've been using Neurontin since 1998 for nerve pain bilaterally in buttocks/legs. I was on a dosage as high as 2400mg/day but this gave me far too "brain fog" so I decreased my dosage to 1800mg/day. With this, while a tad spacey at times (also using low dose Methadone bid for pain) I am able to function pretty well.
I too have tried to decrease my Neurontin dosage even further but find the burning pain returns and is too intense to tolerate. However, I tried decreasing it by a complete dosage vs. half which I may yet try. I do well on 1800mg/day w/the a.m. dosage at 600mg and the evening dosage before sleep at 1200mg.
At one point I tried switching to Toradol but couldn't tolerate the weaning of Neurontin and titration of Toradol.. so here I am, comfortable and without leg pain/burning or buttock burning for quite some good time.
For me, Neurontin is *lifesaver* as that burning nerve pain was really gnawing at my nerves..some of the worse pain I've ever dealt with!!
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