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Old 08-24-2013, 11:03 PM
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My doc told me that most of the time if Gabapentin is going to work it will work at around 400 - 600 mgs.
Per dose or per day, and for what condition? The time or two I tried it for PN (burning pain), I only needed a single dose of 100 mg./day. My wife takes it for fibromyalgia, and has been on a pretty constant dose of 300 mg/day (3 x 100 mg) or 400 mg on a really bad day. YMMV.

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