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percocet withdrawals

will gabapentin help with percocet withdrawals.  I have been taking perks for about 2 months and I ran out of them and don't want to buy them off the street.  I want to detox from them but I can't stand the withdrawals and was told that gabapentin will help with the withdrawals.  how true is this?
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Gabapentin is a drug that has many adverse side effects. I would question the sanity of any physician that prescribed gabapentin to help with percocet withdrawals. But that's just me.

Go to the PDR (physician's desk reference) and look up the established side effects of gabapentin.
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Just sent you an email regarding my experience with gabapentin. Hope the information helps.
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