44 patient evaluations for Gabapentin with a side effects rating of Severe

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Jul 24, 2009 (Started Oct 09, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
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Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain

  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2009 (Started May 08, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    Severe (tired legs)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
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Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2009 (Started Jul 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Severe (cognitive impairment, cognitive decline, cognitive confusion)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Five times daily
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  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 10, 2009 (Started May 11, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for burning sensation)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for pain in leg(s))
  • Side effects
    Severe (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
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Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain

  • 1 helpful mark

May 18, 2009 (Started Apr 22, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Severe (mood swings, speech problems, loss of short term memory, sleepiness, spacing out, voice changes)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
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Side effects: speech problems, mood swings, sleepiness, loss of short term memory, voice changes, spacing out

  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 24, 2009 (Started Apr 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (muscle weakness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Daily
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Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle weakness

  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 12, 2009 (Started Aug 28, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    Severe
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
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Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2009 (Started Jan 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for peripheral neuropathy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (swelling in legs, feet and ankles)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
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Side effects: swelling in legs, feet and ankles

  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 1, 2008 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Severe
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take

  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 4, 2008 (Started Jul 24, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    Severe (fatigue, brain fog, grogginess, extreme sedation)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue, extreme sedation, brain fog, grogginess

  • 0 helpful marks
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