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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Me again IllPn :)
Hey there....all insurances are different...My husbands has 2 prices on drugs.....generic for $10 and brands for $50 so of course we try to stay away from anything that doesn't have a generic but that is not always available. Gabapentin is the generic for Neurotin. I started at 100 mg 3 times a day back in May and I never really knew I was taking it. Then up to 300 mg a day 3 times a day and I didn't have any issues then either. But.....titrating up to the 1800 mg 3 times a day took some getting use to. He gave me 3 weeks to get up to the 1800 and that got me for the first 4 or 5 days. Dizzy, drunk feeling every time I titrated up. I had an appoint with the neuro last Tues. Since I'm still hurting and not able to walk or stand for any length of time or distance he's titrating me up from 1800 to 2700 mg a day. I asked him to let me increase every 2 weeks instead of 1 and he agreed. I still get the same feelings but at least I have a week and a half before I have to go up again. And once I reach 2700 mg a day the symptoms will fade away after a week.
Some people are unable to take gabapentin at all....the same for the other drugs....u have to try them to determine which one u can take or if they work for u.
Just keep reading as much as you can on your condition. The info within this site is priceless.
Take care of yourself 
Debi from Georgia
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