Are there any contraindications for neurontin (gabapentin) therapy for pain in a bipolar person taking carbamazepine? seeing a neurologist in january...

Www.drugs.com: Management: during concomitant use of these drugs, patients should be monitored for potentially excessive or prolonged CNS and respiratory depression. Ambulatory patients should be counseled to avoid hazardous activities requiring mental alertness and motor coordination until they know how these agents affect them, and to notify their physician if they experience excessive or prolonged CNS effects.