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Old 08-29-2011, 07:02 AM #1
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Default I've known people--
--who've gone up to 4200-4800mg/day range, and one outlier with Central Pain who continued to get a small increasing amount of relief up to 7200mg/day, and who somehow seemed to shrug off most of the side effects one would anticipate would occur at that high a dose.

Even at lower doses, Gabapentin dosage increases do not tend to have a direct arithmetic added effect--people notice more of an increased effect say, going from 600-1200mg than from 2400-3000mg. But the response is very individual.
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I would wonder if at those high doses, much is getting absorbed.

Gabapentin's absorption goes down with increased doses as a rule.
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Had to reply with this... Some Gaba a day let's me go out and play!
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Had to reply with this... Some Gaba a day let's me go out and play!
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