NEURONTIN, BACLOFEN, STRATTERA AND SEROQUEL

[fresnoborn]

I have been on these meds for about 4 months for chronic upper neck pain. Mainly at the base of my skull where my neck meets my head. I've been on the strattera and seroquel for about 3 years. Are any of these meds bad for my liver?

[fresnoborn]

me again. thanks for the input about posting new questions...one problem with that. after about 3 weeks that thread kinda gets tucked away as the newer questions are answered and i have alot of questions right now and i am new to this site so....i will go back to doing it my way for now. take care

[fresnoborn]

thanks for the word up, i know now. laterz

[cuteus]

you have gotten a lot of useful shared personal experiences form many of the members, pretty cool site, eh?
One little problem with it; they only allow 6 to 8 new questions a day(weekends are slow, usually), and many comments slots within. Most members tend to group all their questions under one thread, or if there are no slots for questions available, they tag a new question within an existing thread for responses. That way, newly arriving newbies can find at least one open question slot. I wish they would post these tips somewhere in the site, we learn the hard way.
best to you in your decissions

[LvdByGod]

http://www.astrazeneca-us.com/pi/seroquel.pdf


cut and paste to find this info from the manufacturers of serequel. once there do a search on pages 4 and 22 for related liver info.

i'm sure you can find the manufactures info for each of the drugs mentioned. hopefully they list all the dangers..

[LvdByGod]

i think i have read about serequel being bad...best to look up at a medicine site like above.

[fresnoborn]

I did see several chiropractors and a few massage therapists with little relief. I am on the meds due to the pain and every 4 months or so, the pain management specialist has to boost up the neurontin. I was on relafen also but chose not to take it due to it's effect on the liver. I do fine with the neurontin and the baclofen. The strattera is for adhd which I truly feel I do not have but it helps with concentration, depression and I feel alot better when I'm taking it. The seroquel is to sleep cause without it I cannot sleep due to the chronic pain. I have been having this problem for about 8 years and it is getting worse. I have had mri's, emg's, and neck x-rays and it showed I had bone spurs on my c2 and c3 and a protrusion on my c5. Do you think the bone spurs could be causing such horendous pain? The pain specialist thinks not. I have had several lidocaine injections with no relief and a few epiderals and none of it has helped. I also have alot of pulling and tugging going on in my jaw, throat and the roof of my mouth. TMJ has been outruled after several attempts with different mouth splints. I finally threw them out. Lately I have had trouble swallowing, not necessarily the throat part but with the gulping. I now have a small bone protruding out of the roof of my mouth and my dentist has referred me to a neurologist in Lubbock Texas. I see him this Monday. He thinks it might be a compressed vertebrae or maybe a growth inside, deep inside where the pain is. I will let you know what happens. I am hoping it is something that can be fixed and not something I have to live with. If this is something I have to live with, it will be quite difficult to do. Thanks for the input and if anyone out there has any suggestions, please let me know. I check this site 1 to 2 times a day. Writing to you from NM.

[fresnoborn]

thanks for the info on seroquel. i looked it up and you are right it is mainly filtered through the liver. i definetely need something to sleep at night, any suggestions? anybody out there have any suggestions?

[scruffy]

Hi froggy. :)

[couldn't think of a nickname]

The bone spurs are formed from bone re-growth due to your degenerative disk disease. Some people with DDD have very little pain, others have a lot. I believe I read in Travel and Simons Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, The Trigger Point Manual that quite a bit of the pain can be caused by the muscles around the problem. It does sound as if you do have quite a neck problem though. If there is anyone near you that does trigger point therapy or trigger point injections you might want to look them up to see if that is the problem and if they can help you. I know surgery is/should be a last option, but has that been explored? Do you have disks bulging onto a nerve?
I hope you can find a solution.

John

[MichaelT]

I use the site www.rxlist.com to look medicines up and go to the pharmacist otherwise. -Michael

[couldn't think of a nickname]

I would see a chiropractor or massage therapist. It sounds like you might have myofascial trigger points, namely in the occipital muscles. I have them there too. The virus is a perpetuating factor for myofascial Trp's. The drugs will only mask the pain, not release the muscles causing it if that is the case. Do some internet searches on trigger points and that muscle and see if it applies to you. By the way, I am not a doctor, just have studied them quite a bit.