[cat1234]

I posted over the weekend about an awful debilitating flare that has hit me out of left field this past weekend. My neurologist just suggested I try Buspar to calm the nerves down.I cannot find a side use for nerve pain on the internet. It is also called Buspirone and is a medication for anxiety (anxiolytic) that works by affecting neurotransmitters in the brain. Has anyone tried Buspar and if so, any side effects? Does it help?

[hopeful]

Hi cat,
I tried to find some information for you but haven't been able to get any. Hopefully, Mrs. D or others will be able to help you out.

I'm sorry you are in such a bad flare. Keeping you in my prayers.
Hopeful

[mrsD]

Originally Posted by hopeful

Hi cat,
I tried to find some information for you but haven't been able to get any. Hopefully, Mrs. D or others will be able to help you out.

I'm sorry you are in such a bad flare. Keeping you in my prayers.
Hopeful

This drug has actions on one type of serotonin receptor and also on D2 (dopamine) receptor. This might help with pain.
http://www.rxlist.com/buspar-drug/cl...armacology.htm

You'll have to keep us informed as to how it works for you.
Buspar in general is not a commonly used drug for anxiety either. It just never really caught on much.

[cat1234]

Just an update that I do not feel any improvements while taking the Buspar. will keep all informed in case anyone else has been looking into the use of this medication.

[KarenEVP]

Just a side note... I have Klonopin (Clonazepam) for anxiety, I found it worked with nerve pain that nothing else would touch. I don't think I've ever had nerve pain as severe as other people, but enough to keep me awake. My neurologist concurred that Klonopin (Clonazepam) has a 'muscle relaxing' effect. Don't know whether that might help anyone or not.

[dogwalker]

Originally Posted by KarenEVP

Just a side note... I have Klonopin (Clonazepam) for anxiety, I found it worked with nerve pain that nothing else would touch. I don't think I've ever had nerve pain as severe as other people, but enough to keep me awake. My neurologist concurred that Klonopin (Clonazepam) has a 'muscle relaxing' effect. Don't know whether that might help anyone or not.

Another side note...I'm on a low dose of amitriptyline at night to help me get to sleep/sleep through nerve pain that I get in my legs. It has helped but I occasionally have nights of more severe pain that keeps me awake. I asked for something fast- and short-acting for those occasions but my rheumatologist prescribed a muscle relaxer instead, tinazidine to take nightly. I haven't started it yet but found reports of it being effective with nerve pain.