Remeron causing PN
 

Hi

I was started on Remeron and in two weeks started to have completely numb feet. My doctors said it wasn't the Remeron, but I knew better. I told them I was halfing the dose and the numb feet left. Then in about one month my skin began to have this carwling itching feeling, and then after two weeks a burning sensation. It just shows that drugs not listed as possible causes of PN, doesn't mean they won't cause the problem.

Interesting....I suspect that my sensory neuropathy may have been related to Paxil withdrawal.

I just started this med though I don't find it helpful or hurtful. We are all different though. I have had docs tell me no that it does not happen from something but I feel that they were not correct. It may happen in such a small case and so they just say it does not happen rather then very small percent. I hope you find what works for relief

It takes many many years or a catastrophic event (like happened in Japan) to identify a drug as a cause of PN.

When drugs are still on patent, often this information is suppressed by the companies themselves.

I think ALL drugs are capable of causing negative reactions in some people. It depends on how well they metabolize the drug and their own particular genetic chemistries.

I think it would be helpful for other readers here if you post your experience on this thread too:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread122889.html
Your experience may help another person(s) who visit here in the future.

There are forms available at the FDA... Medwatch where you can report this. Also at Patientsville.com

http://www.fda.gov/safety/medwatch/h...ms/default.htm

http://patientsville.com/medication/...de_effects.htm

Remeron is not used much anymore. It is mostly used for its sedative actions, IMO.

I think one of the benefits still being touted of Remeron is that it causes very little to no sexual dysfunction unlike conventional SSRI's and SSNRI's.

I'd never heard that although I am leary of most pharmaceuticals as they just plain toxic.

Remeron was popular in the nursing home patients, the elderly.
We used alot of it there.
It was used to help sedate them, at nighttime.

I think the basic flaw for it in the general population was that it wasn't a very effective antidepressant, and it caused serious and potentially fatal aplastic anemia (depressed white cells). This toxic aspect sort of tanked it IMO.