I have been put on 300mg 3 times a day so I will see how it goes
Thankyou all for the info, I am glad that this is to treat my nerve pain, tghough currently after the hyst op I have a lot of pain and don't know which is which, that's why myb neuro onnly wants to start inteferon once my op wound has healed and he can ***** the effectivemess of the gabapentin, but it feels good to be gettig some treatment after a lon sturggel, kisses and hugs to all of you
I use gabapentin also, 300mg 4x per day (1200mg total), which is considered to be a low dose, 3600mg daily is the max.
I could have lived with the nerve pains in my hand and arm, but the pain in my jaw and teeth was too much! Now that I think about it, I haven't felt any rib pain in quite awhile either.
I tried to cut back to 900mg daily, but the face pain started to come back, so I went back to 1200mg.
I can decide what dose I need without consulting my neuro up to 3600 daily. I just have to report permanent increases to my MS nurse.
Like Bairdy says, work your way up slowly till the pain seems to stop. I would try to fine tune the correct dose by cutting back and increasing till you hit the sweet spot, then see how it goes over time.
Good luck
Mike
hi
i take gabapentin 300mg 3x daily for nerve pain and it does help me. i makes yiou a little drowsey when you first start taking it so work up slowly .
i took one at night first two days then added one during the day for two days and then the third . but every one is different so see how you go .
hope this helps bairdy
Neurontin (brand name for gabapentin) helps with nerve pain. It is very commonly used in MS. Another med for this purpose is Lyrica. If one doesn't work or the side efffects are too much, then the other can be tried, but the two are very similar.
Hope this helps.
ess