Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD and CRPS) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I) and Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)(RSD and CRPS)


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Old 09-11-2012, 07:30 PM #1
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Default gabapentin (neurontin) nausea

I am taking gabapentin (generic for neurontin) for my CRPS, 600 mg three times a day. I've been taking it for a couple of years, but I have been having trouble with nausea for the last number of months.

I attribute it to the gabapentin as it is my primary medication for CRPS.

I have taken dramamine (car sick pills) for the nausea and it has helped sometimes, but there are some days when the dramamine won't touch the nausea and I end up house bound until it clears.

Anybody else have this issue and how do you deal with it? The gabapentin has been quite effective for me, (verified with a couple of times trying to wean off of it which brought more pain back) so I really don't want to stop taking it or change drugs; you know how that can go sometimes.

Thanks in advance. Every day is an adventure with this condition!

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I am taking gabapentin (generic for neurontin) for my CRPS, 600 mg three times a day. I've been taking it for a couple of years, but I have been having trouble with nausea for quite a while.

I attribute it to the gabapentin as it is my primary medication for CRPS.

I take some dramamine for the nausea and it has helped, but there are some days when the dramamine won't touch the nausea and I end up house bound until it clears.

Anybody else have this issue and how do you deal with it?

Thanks in advance. Every day is an adventure with this condition!
I use to take gabapentin. 400 mg 3x a day.. I went to my spine dr (he prescribed it) and said I was bloating up somthing fierce and I couldnt eat with out vomiting.. he said that it wasnt the neurontin.. so i go to my pain managment dr and told him the same thing .. he said stop taking it. and he gave me elavil(amitryptaline) instead. with in days I lost 6 pants sizes and wa eating normal again... granted im back up 6 sizes but that is weight gain now .. this was in 2010 the issue with gabapentin. now 6-8 moths ago I started having acid reflux and nausea but I take a nice pill cocktail now sow he changed my napraxon to vimovo wich is napraxon with nexium coating.. no real issues since.. I hope this helps
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I am now on gabapentin 3,300mg/day with no adverse effects that I know of. And I still feel the pain but the misfiring is much lessened.
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I have the same issue. But was told that it was probably a combination of my medications making me sick. Either that or I got internal rsd.
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Hi, and sorry you have trouble with this medicine. Please tell your doctor. I could not take this drug, and I tried three times. Nausea, but worse yet I almost felt suisidal. I have struggled with depression, but this set me over the top, and I did tell my doctors right away. I have been prescribed this by three docs. and I get the same reaction every time. I won't try it a fourth time for sure!!! I am currently using a lotion that works really well for RSD or PN. ginnie
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