Kelly, no he didn't. He was put on gaba for nerve pain years ago. Now that he's on Methadone we feel that maybe he can come off gaba. When he had those seizures five years ago it was all from gabapentin withdrawl. Some resident took him off the gaba while in kidney failure and forgot to tell his neuro, not to mention forgot to look up the side effects of going cold turkey.

My advice would be take it slow. Jim is on 3600 mgs at 1200mgs 3x a day. I am taking one pill out for each dose. So, now he is getting only 2400 mgs a day, 800mgs 3x a day. We'll do that for about a week or two and then drop down again, one pill each dose until we are done. I am hoping he can get off it completely but if he starts to feel nerve pain, we'll know it was doing it's job and stop at the dose he needs.