Neurontin vs Xanax
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| Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. | Xanax is used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It belongs to a class of medications called benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. It works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA). | |||
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| Add Neurontin review Since taking this drug for pain I have been left with numbness that is not going away!!!This is more disturbing than the pain!! So far, so good! I am on the smallest dose currently and it has eased my fibromyalgia pain greatly. I was truly suffering from severe pain in my legs, lower back and hips. Ever increasing doses of narcotics did nothing to relieve it. Through numerous diagnostic tests, a process of elimination pointed to the cause being a side effect of a chemotherapy drug (vincristine) used in my cancer care. I did some research and asked my GP to prescribe Neurontin. Once we gradually raised the dose to 300 mg. ... It feels like it made my tremors, and muscle spasms worse. Doesn't stop the leg cramps, doesn't help with the neuropathy. Overall, I don't think this drug is for me...I feel so much worse, and the shaking is preventing me from eating (without embarasing food drops), I cannot write legibly, and it's even hard for me to type on the computer. I see my Neuro Doc in June...I think we are going to ha ... | Add Xanax review owcaitelltedifermt,wataretetotell when i was first prescribed this medication it helept me get out in the world helept me socialy and i found that thay help with everything, but after using them for over 10 years thay don't work as well ,but i have been reduced dramatically and ofcourse thay don''t work as well ,it's people that shoot them up and abuseing them that stuff it up for enyone that may need them,i hate going to get the ... I moved to a new state with my kids and over the road trucker,husband who had to leave the next morning after we got to the new house. I was driving back to my home state to visit and had a terrible panic attack that required a trip to the er, all 3 kids with me. That was 12 years ago that i was prescribed this life changing drug. I am now an addict, i have never been to a mental health specialist ... I suffer from social anxiety-fear of public speaking especially to large groups. The anxiety and panic can be overwhelming! Xanax really works getting me thru it. So grateful to have & use only when needed. | |||
