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Old 05-06-2015, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by en bloc View Post
I honestly would not open capsules and guess on how much you are taking. The capsules (in some cases) are there to carry that medication to a certain part of your stomach before being released. Therefore, I'd take your regular dose, and call the doctor for a proper tapering schedule (with new Rx's for 100mg pills to make this process easier).

Have you considered that your pain is 'letting up' because you are taking the Gabapentin?? That is what the medicine is supposed to do, after all. You may go through this process only to find out that your medicine was working and you have to restart it to get your relief back.
Yes, I thought that! That is why I thought that I could stop taking it. Then I started getting these full body aches/pains, and in my left arm, not the burning type pain, but more of a sore muscle ache feeling. That is when I thought "maybe these are withdrawal symptoms of cortisol or gabapentine..."
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