Extreme feet pain

hi, sorry it took so long to respond. Yes I had extreme feet pain when I first had the GBS and it continued for about six months. It hurt so bad I couldn’t stand to put weight on my feet. Neurontin definitely has helped that problem. Make sure your doctor is giving you a pain medicine that is appropriate for GBS.

Good luck and be well.

Sherry

Kinney,

Neurontin has helped big time. It takes a couple of weeks to kick in.
Have you tried hot water bottle or heat packs? They also help me.
Sometimes when someone rubs them it helps as well but sometimes it hurts too much.

Hang in there and ask your Doc about Neurontin.

Rhonda

ditto neurontin. take care. be well.

gene gbs 8-99
in numbers there is strength

How long have you been on the Cymbalta? (I know some have done really well with it, I was one who had a really bad time with it including increased pain)

I have good results for pain with Ultram/Tramadol.

Hang in! This too shall pass……..

I take both cymbalta and Neurontin now and I am better. I was on both singularly at a time and they didn’t work. Good Luck

I take Lyrica, makes me less tired then Neurontin and seems to work better at a much lower dose. Each of us seems to react different to Neurontin/Lyrica etc but you should ask your Dr. about it. If he wants you to stay on Neurontin it took me as high as 4200mg/day for relief. I take 1800mg/day Lyrica for better results and little if any side effects. The narcotic painkillers wont touch Neuropathic pain, although they may make you not care about the pain 🙂

Jerimy

hi jerimy,

UR right, for some neurontin is best. for others it is lyrica. do you know what is the max dose/day of lyrica? i’m curious how these figures of 4200 & 1800 compare. the recommended max for neurontin is 3600, although we know the practical limit is 5600. also do you know the $ for each? i’m thinking the generic neurontin. take care. be well.

gene gbs 8-99
in numbers there is strength

Gene the recommended dose is 600mg a day, But I am sure that DRs decides whether to give more to a patient.
Also Lyrica is very expensive but I have drug plan where I work so I only pay 10% and that $22.00 a month on 300 MG a day

Sue

thx sue. take care. be well.

gene gbs 8-99
in numbers there is strength

Gene here is a link that described it more. People with kidney problems have to go to a lower dose

[url]http://www.lyrica.com/content/main_prescribing_info.jsp[/url]

Sue

sue, thx again. max recommended dosage is 600 mg/day for the worse indication. take care. be well.

gene gbs 8-99
in numbers there is strength