Originally Posted by Eight

Okay, so I have been taking Namenda XR (for nerve pain) for almost four weeks and it seems to be helping quite a bit. I started out at 7mg and increased by 7mg a week up to 28 mg per day now. It is actually an alzheimers medication, but also helps with pain - in interrupts the pain signals in the brain in a different way than opioid medications do. But here is the really awesome thing about it, since opiod medications make you sort of stupid, out of it, groggy, sleepy, etc... this is NOT like that. In fact, because it is a "cognitive enhancer", rather that being dumber, I'm actually remembering more and getting smarter on top of having less pain. So really though, here is the catch, it is only approved for alzheimers, but is used off label for things such as phantom limb pain, neuropathic pain, and several other things. I was given a sample pack and am not sure if my insurance will pay for it, and when I looked it up on GoodRX.com, it was either $300 or $600 or something crazy like that per month. Anyway, this drug is awesome for the nerve pain, I will keep you guys updated as to how it goes with my insurance when I go back to the neurologist later this week. Feeling Human!!!!