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haim123 08-25-2012 03:46 PM

neuralgia treatment
 
My wife suffers from neuralgia and radiculitis left leg. In the last month she tried
Gabapeptin (3x300mg.) but with limited help. About a week ago Lyrica 75 mg was added. However, so far no improvement has been noticed.
Is it too short time ?
May be the Lyrica dosage is too small?

Regards
Haim

Susanne C. 08-25-2012 06:51 PM

My son suffers from neuralgia, and found that gabapentin worked very well for him, so it is sometimes effective. that is a relatively low dose however, about half of the standard PN dosage. She should definitely not take more if she is also taking Lyrica.
There is a lot of information on here about switching from gabapentin to Lyrica, but as far as I know the long term plan is not to take them together. Hopefully someone with more experience with chime in.
Is hers chronic or acute? My son had shingles on his face as a child, so his is post-herpetic neuralgia and the attacks are infrequent. He only takes the gabapentin during an attack, usually brought on by stress.


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