Pfizer’s Headache

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NEURONTIN WORKS for NEUROPATHY at HIGH DOSES! Don't be fooled by the report. The report may have had people at low doses and not followed blood titers ... talk to your Neurologist!

Neorontin Works for Neuropathic Pain. I took a high dose for years to control facial (trigeminal neuopathy) and back (thoracic verterbrall area) that destroyed my life. Neurontin allowed me to function(true that I have had memory problems and sleepiness but took the max dose for years spread out over the day to keep my blood titer up). I have replaced the Neurontin with Lyrica (at the max dose split over the day) and it works (but not as well). I could not go through my life and work as the engineer/computer scientist I am and the small biz owner I am ... and even sit in a chair or stand or keep my left eye open or swallow my own spit) without it.

I was prescribed and took Neurontin about 7 - 8 years ago for chronic back pain after surgery. It did not help with the pain and I hated the side effects. I quit taking it after about 6 - 7 months because of the side effects.

I'm concerned about this because I am taking Lyrica for fibromyalgia. As I understand it, Lyrica is closely related to Neurontin. I honestly don't know if the Lyrica is working but I am in so much pain sometimes I don't know what else to do. I did gain 35 pounds within 3 months of taking it. I wonder if I should bring this article to my doctor or will it make him nervous? I am not looking for a lawsuit or to blame anyone, I just want some answers about whether this is safe or not.

Oh, and another thing. Couldn't tell if Lyrica did as good, because basically it was like anesthesia to me. Took at bed time, got knocked out, and when I woke up the next day, I was still sleepy, but the pelvic pain was still there.

This is a big surprise and shock to me. I have had neuropathic pelvic pain since prostate cancer surgery injured nerves in there, and generic gabapentin is the only thing that has made it totally go away (I won't take amitriptyline, the other nerve pain drug, because of all the bad side effects for people my age-for over 50s, memory problems). If this is a placebo effect, when other things didn't work, then I don't mind paying generic prices for this placebo. Guess my pelvic nerve pain is really all in my head.

As a practicing pharmacist for over 30 years in both hospital and retail, I can tell you that Pfizer's actions are the status-quo. Readers are right to question the legitimacy of Lyrica also.
Funny how a manufacturer always has a better drug "waiting in the wings" when one of their money makers loses its patent. Usually, though, they don't go to the effort to actually come up with a new entity, they just modify the old drug by changing its release mechanism from immediate release to slow release, then convincing the FDA and physicians that this is miraculously more effective, (Ambien to Ambien CR), changing the salt form of the drug- ie from an HCl to a Napsylate, for instance, therefore changing the drug to renew the patent, but the effective drug remains the same, (Darvon to Darvocet), etc. etc. etc. Sometimes the change the strength by a few milligrams (an insignificant amount) but heavily promote the new strengths prior to losing patent on the old strengths, so physicians will write for their new strenght of the drug and not the old, just as effective strenghts. There are hundreds of examples-- all with the intent of screwing the patient (and physician) and increasing profits. This is one industry where new rules need to be implemented to protect the consumer and oversight increased.

My doc put me on this crap for my chronic pain - it did not work, and only caused worse side effects that prompted me to stop taking it. I once almost fell asleep at the wheel with my 3 yr old in the car, I gained a considerable amount of weight, and literally couldn't hold a conversation because I would immediately forget what the hell I was talking about. I felt like an idiot and avoided people at all costs while on this medication, all while my doc insisted that incresing the dose would help with the pain. Well, it didn't, and apparently he got his info from these messed up studies. Reading this article - now I'm pissed. I went thru about a year of completely rediculous side affects I didn't have to if they just would have been honest. How do I get on the list for suing these people as well?? It's worth thinking about, that's for sure. That stuff was the absolute WORST medication I've ever been on, and with all my medical problems - I take a lot of them.

I'm a psychiatrist and have prescribed neurontin - and many other drugs - off-label, with mixed results. Personally I believe off-label drugs can be extremely valuable at times. The problem is the pervasive power and influence of pharma marketing at every stage of drug development and use in practice. Promoting off-label drug use is just a tiny aspect of the problem. There is very little public funding for psychiatric research - much of it is controlled by pharma "philanthropy". Psychiatry itself has become distorted by the emphasis on psychochopharmacology, and under-training of clinicians in other treatment modalities. What do we need? Better leadership and training - and funds to back it up from the NIMH - and strict, enforcable ethical rules. National laws for mandatory disclosure of gifts/funds from pharma companies is a simple first step.

I took 8 caplsles a day of Neurontin a day for over a year, and then kept getting more meds to treat new symtoms. Little did I know that the symtoms were from taking the Neuronin. I was up to 18 pills a day before the doctor told me to start

This is one more example of a HUGE company with only their interest in mind. What happened to the concept of being in this for the actual patients that need a viable solution to real pain? Pfizer, along with alot of other big drug companies, look at the bottom line. Who cares if it will actually alleviate someones suffering, we need to keep the money rolling in. My husband lost his arm in a near fatal car accident in April of 07. He was placed on Neurontin for the off label use to control the agonizing phantom pain. He suffered for over a year with increasing doses every few months and very minimal pain relief before being taken off and placed on something else. He now has elevated liver and kidney numbers as a consequence. These lawsuits are a drop in the bucket for the big companies. Their deceitful greediness will leave an indelible mark on the lives of the very people they should be helping. Where can he sign up for the lawsuit?

I was taken 8 capsules of Neurontin a day for over a year for treatment of migraines triggered by a bulging disk in my neck. By the time I figured out this wasn't working I was taking 4 other meds and not remembering what month it was. 18 pills a day by the time my doctor said I could start weening off of themIt took me over a year.. What kind of damage did I do to myself? I never had migraines before I was overloaded with meds. Now I have them enough to start worrying that there has been permanent damage done. I want to be in on the class action suit.

I tried Neurontin for a while for migraines many years ago, but it was a dud. My neurologist kept telling me it was supposed to be very good, but I knew better. It did absolutely nothing for migraine pain. Having worked for a number of health care-related companies, I knew all about the aggressive and manipulative marketing techniques of drug companies, so I suspected that Neurontin was just the latest "drug du jour" that the manufacturer needed to sell to raise its revenue. ... What really bothers me is that when there is clearly not a big enough market (not enough "sick" people who really need the drug) for the manufacturer to make the profit they want, they try to create a market. Besides conning physicians into prescribing it off-label, they directly target the patient with advertising. And because patients just want to feel better, they're usually willing to try any drug that promises to do that for them--even if it's a lie, or it costs too much.

This is really, really, really a sad thing. Those of us who depend on these drugs to help us want to scream at you right now! I mean it! Really Scream! I can't afford all of my meds and here you are making the hollidays even worse. Ugly, just ugly!

My psychiatrist put me on Neurontin when it first came out, to treat my depression and anxiety. At that time it was being advertized as an anti-seizure medication. I questioned my doctor about this and he told me not to worry, he was prescribing it to me based on it's side effects! I refused to take it after a few months because it was ungodly expensive and it wasn't even working. If I had known about the first lawsuit I would have joined it in a heartbeat. I've long thought the pharmaceutical industry was way out of control. Why do we expect our politicians to fix this mess, when they take donations from these companies?

And despite all the evidence, some of my colleagues in Psychiatry are STILL using this for Bipolar disorder...what a joke...well, actually not, since consumers are getting ripped off. At least on the upside, Medical schools and Scientific journals are now taking a much harder look at drug Co. studies and marketing!

As a nurse who has been involved in drug trials (briefly) before I felt like I had to take a hot shower to get the stink off me, I know the pressure trial doctors are under to make the drugs look good. Double or triple blind controls are a joke. Almost within the first two or three weeks we knew which patients were on the trial medications at full dose and which were on placebo and which were on low dose. We were "encouraged" gently or not by the physicians or drug company reps to guide their commnets and side effect comments or symptom reports. It was dirty business. I HATED it. Having young children it looked like a dream job for a nurse. Regular hours, no shifts, no call. But within six months I was back in the Emergency room doing shifts, and call again. I felt clean and sweet after my shifts no matter what I had on my scrubs and no matter how sweaty and dirty I was. Take that to the bank!!!

I wonder what this says about Lyrica, the replacement for Neurontin, after it went generic ? I am taking it now, and it is expensive. I question if it is really working, as this neuropathic pain I am taking it for is intermittent at times. I think scotch is just about as effective and I can almost buy a case of it for the same price. Only issue with that is, the insurance won't cover the scotch !