neurontin.gabentin question

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Diane - 06 Nov 2007 06:57 GMT

i've been taking neurontin at night for about 6 months now. i tiake
1800 mg. i love how it makes me drowsy and helps me sleep. but i've
been having long term "loose stools,' i figured it was my diet, so i
did a radical cutting out of everything delicious--coffee, chocolate,
etc. nothing seems to make a difference, which mkaes me wonder if it
could possibly be the neurontin. i remember having diarrhea when i
frist started it. has anyone had ongoing bowwl issues with neurontin?

diane

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GARY Z - 06 Nov 2007 10:50 GMT

In reading the drug trial studies your problem is listed as infrequent/rare,
but not impossible.
GaryZ

> i've been taking neurontin at night for about 6 months now. i tiake
> 1800 mg. i love how it makes me drowsy and helps me sleep. but i've
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> diane

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Diane - 06 Nov 2007 16:12 GMT

>>In reading the drug trial studies your problem is listed as infrequent/rare,

but not impossible. <<

lol. in the side effects world, these are the ones I usually get.

diane

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california_chief - 06 Nov 2007 21:44 GMT

> i've been taking neurontin at night for about 6 months now. i tiake
> 1800 mg. i love how it makes me drowsy and helps me sleep. but i've
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> could possibly be the neurontin. i remember having diarrhea when i
> frist started it. has anyone had ongoing bowwl issues with neurontin?

From the FDA's site:

PRECAUTIONS
Information for Patients
Patients should be instructed to take Neurontin® only as prescribed.
Patients should be advised that Neurontin® may cause dizziness, somnolence
and other symptoms and signs of CNS depression. Accordingly, they should
be advised neither to drive a car nor to operate other complex machinery
until
they have gained sufficient experience on Neurontin® to gauge whether or
not it affects their mental and/or motor performance adversely.

Side effect in clinical trials:
Digestive System
Diarrhea 5.7
Dry mouth 4.8
Constipation 3.9
Nausea 3.9
Nervous System
Dizziness 28.0
Somnolence 21.4
Ataxia 3.3
Thinking abnormal 2.7

Perhaps you fall within that 5.7% who have diarrhea.

... If you wake up Sleepy and Grumpy, then you must be Snow White.

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