Hi doublehippy,
Nice handle, & welcome.
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[I] was given a script for Neurontin from the pain management people who did the injections. I ended up throwing the bottle away....am scared silly of the side affects.
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Did you happen to
try it before giving it the heave-ho?
1. Not everyone responds the same or suffers all those SEs.
2. Many of the side effects are temporary and dissipate after a few weeks.
3. Some folks need a lot less (and have less/fewer SEs) than the prescribed norm.
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After meeting with my back doc last week, he more or less told me not to come back unless I wanted surgery.... I simply am not ready to bite the bullet...yet!
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Then don't go back
to him until then. In the meantime, get into pain management. IMO, from what you say, this guy is pressuring you for more surgery, and surgery should always and only be a last (third tier) resort.
http://www.poweroveryourpain.com/und.../paincontinuum
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I understand that narcotic pain meds don't really help the neuropathic/sciatic pain I have in my leg....and that is my big issue.
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Narcotic pain meds are not first-line treatments for neuropathic pain, but everyone is different in what works/doesn't, and often, narcotic and neuropathic pain meds work better in conjunction than either does separately. Again, everyone responds differently.
Did anyone mention Lyrica? It's supposedly very similar to Neurontin, but without so many SEs (for some). Personally I have heard worse stories about Topomax (a.k.a. Dopamax, Stupamax) than Neurontin, but again, everyone is different.
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So, any advice, thoughts, recommendations are greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for reading.....
Linda
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This is a process - a journey. There are many roads that can be taken; some can be backtracked/rerouted - others (surgery) are one-way.
You might give this a read too:
http://pain-topics.org/pdf/IntractablePainSurvival.pdf
Best wishes,
Doc