Thread: R-Lipoic vs. Gabapentin
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Old 02-25-2011, 09:32 AM
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Default R-Lipoic vs. Gabapentin
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
That's great that your burning is lessening!
You're telling ME?

Next question: My wife has burning nerve pain radiating into her neck/shoulder from a cervical issue. She's been prescribed gabapentin for when this gets really bad. Problem is that it knocks her out so badly that between the pain & side effects she often misses a day of work from it. We're wondering if R-Lipoic would help her in lieu of gabapentin. We checked side effects & drug interactions, and don't see any problems. Any thoughts/opinions?

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