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Doctor insights on: How Long Does It Take For Neurontin To Work

Depends: Adverse effects can unfortunately occur within an hour of a dose, but treatment benefit can take a couple of weeks to gauge. ...Read more

Sometimes: Neurontin (gabapentin) can be an effective therapy for a peripheral neuropathy. It is not universally successful and you may need a higher dose before you can determine in this medication will help. ...Read more

Quickly: Gabapentin (brand name neurontin) will be effective in about an hour after taking the first dose and lasts about 6-7 hours. If you have constant pain, then you will need to take it three or four times a day. The dose that patients need varies a lot, so if the medication does not help after several doses, call your physician to see about adjusting the dose. ...Read more

Forever: You can take it indefinitely.

Several weeks: Neurontin (gabapentin) dosage needs to be titrated upwards to tolerance over several weeks. Meloxicam should provide some relief sooner. Good luck. Thanks for trusting HealthTap! ...Read more

No: Need an emg/ncv test to determine if the toes are affected by the disc issue

neurontin is usually rxed for neuropathic local pain. ...Read more

Sub-subspecialist: You need another evaluation and should someone who sees a lot of pts that have or have been tx'd for scoliosis. Please be as extensive as possible and try to find pts that this doctor may have treated as even docs from great training programs turn out to be awful. ...Read more

The half life. ..: Of neurontin, (gabapentin) or the time it takes for half of the drug to lose its pharmacologic activity, is 5-7 hours. So at about 6 hours, 400 mg of activity remans; after another 6 hours, 200 mg of activity remains. After 24 hours, less than 50 mg. One sixteenth of the original dose. May be still active in the body. Likely no one would experience any effects from this. Short answer: "all" gone in 24 hours. ...Read more

Not recommended: Eating grapefruit is usually considered to be healthful. But it can interact with Neurontin (Gabapentin). The hazardous interactions can occur many hours after grapefruit is consumed, . Thus avoid grapefruit altogether while on Neurontin. Hope it helps. ...Read more

Blocks glutamate: The exact mechanism is not fully understood. Neurontin (gabapentin) may work by binding to certain sites on nerve cells in order to block the release of glutamate. Glutamate in turn causes nerve cells to be abnormally excited and therefore accentuate pain. Does that help? ...Read more

Doesn't matter: Neurontin or Gabapentin is not dependent on whether you take it with or without food or even what types of food. This study (http://1.Usa. Gov/n5ysd2) actually looked at this issue and did not find any statistically significant differences. Best to take as directed by your doctor. Neurontin/gabapentin generally is best when taken in divided doses throughout the day. ...Read more

Ask your doctor: My best answer is ask your doctor who prescribed you the Neurontin (gabapentin). In my experience, the typical daily dosing of this medication is three times a day. When the dosing frequency is increased, patients tend to miss their doses (compliance decreases). Talk to your doctor and discuss your thoughts. ...Read more

Yes: Neurontin is an anti-seizure medication. Coumadin (warfarin) is a blood thinner. There is no known drug interaction between them. ...Read more

Neurontin (gabapentin): It is prescribed for a reason, and if it's helping, stay on it for as long as your doctor recommends. ...Read more

Neurontin (gabapentin): Depends on the dose and what other mood stabilizers have been tried. Might be bit more effective as u take with klonopin (clonazepam). Review with your doc. ...Read more

Some thots: The maximum effective dose is 2400 mg per day, and beyond that the med provides no added benefit. Horizant is a once daily gabapentin, at 600 mg which might do better, but I have had more success with Dopamine agonists such as Mirapex or requip (ropinirole). ...Read more

See a neurologist: It will be best to see a neurologist who specializes in headache treatment ...Read more

Several actions: 30's female w. fibromyalgia has pain in bed & neurontin ineffective; uses Vicodin. Savella, (milnacipran) Cymbalta, & Lyrica approved for FM, which can be associated with Hypermobility Syndrome & pelvic ligament strain when reclined is common. Soft mattress, cannabis, yoga, & aquatherapy oft help FM patients. Opiates are discouraged. Muscle reconditioning paramount. Cannabis topical lotions useful for many. ...Read more

See below: As far as I can review I see no drug interaction. Always check with your md if you are adding medications. ...Read more

Yes: Adipex is a CNS stimulant. Neurontin (gabapentin) is an anti-seizure medication. There is no known drug interaction between adipex and neurontin (gabapentin). However, always consult your doctors before starting new medications. ...Read more

Very unlikely: First, it is unusual for Neurontin (gabapentin) to cause drug-drug interactions of any kind. Futhermore, the maximum useful dose is below 2400 mg daily, and higher amounts will not provide any enhanced effects. So, on it's own, the drug is certainly unlikely to cause seratonin syndrome ...Read more

Safe: No significant drug interactions between spironlactone and Neurontin (gabapentin). That said, keep all follow-up doctor appointments and let prescribing doc know promptly if you have questions or distress while on these meds. ...Read more

Arcoxia: Not yet approved by fda for use in usa, it treats arthritis. I am not aware of adverse interactions here. ...Read more

No: Neurontin (gabapentin) is an anti-seizure medication, not a narcotic. ...Read more

Methadone/Neurontin: As prescribed, yes.

OK to do. Ask: Your prescribing MD about this, but these two meds are not mutually negating. ...Read more

Tred carefully: Lortab has narcotic in it. It will make you sleepy. Depending on your pain, you may want to take that at night. Would not take both Neurontin (gabapentin) and lortab together at night ...Read more

Yes: Watch for sedation. Don't drive until you know how the combination will affect you. ...Read more

Yes: Sure, this is a good combination

Should be ok: Yes, this should be safe. There is no interaction, but both can make you feel sleepy. Be careful about your alertness if you need to drive. ...Read more

Yes: There is no interaction between multivitamins and neurontin (gabapentin). ...Read more

Should be okay: Both medications can be sedating, so be careful about driving and balance problems, but they are often taken together. ...Read more

Possibly: They can be taken together but remember you are taking 2 meds which both cause sedation. Check first with the doctor who prescribed them. ...Read more

Get checked: This answer would be best to come from your prescribing doctor. Your doctor may want to increase the dose of one medicine rather than starting a second medicine. ...Read more

Tolerance unlikely: I would assume something else is going on. PTSD possible. Find a professional who can work through the possibilities. Relationship issues are in my experience the most common source of anxiety. Have you ever checked out Alanon? It can be helpful for anyone who has had an addiction. ...Read more

Symptomatic only: Neurontin (gabapentin) does not cure any neuropathy, but does sudue some of the symptoms. It will help pain, tingling, burning, but does not improve strength or change reflexes. It is not a placebo, but is not a cure all either. ...Read more

Yes and no: Neurontin is approved for it. But Namenda (memantine) has no fda approval for nerve pain. ...Read more

Subutex gabapentin: Yes you can as long as both are written for legitimate reasons with a legitimate script. ...Read more

7-8pm: Onset takes 1-2 hours, so between 7-8pm, though there are better medications for treatment of insomnia than neurontin (gabapentin). ...Read more

Avoid both for sleep: These medications will cause sleepiness but as a side effect. They can cause or worsen already existing sleep problems, not to mention affect your alertness while you are awake. If your problem falling asleep is due to pain, you will need better control of that during the day. Insomnia can result and sleep hygiene is the best way to help you sleep and may be combined with a safer sleep medication. ...Read more