Posted by Mitch on October 19, 2001, at 22:07:13
In reply to Re: Neurontin as a mood stabilizer-max. dose? » Mitch, posted by Wendy B. on October 19, 2001, at 9:37:57
Wendy,
The med combo I mentioned is one from 20 years ago for bipolar (I am 41). The pregabalin is supposed to be a more *refined* version of Neurontin. It is in several clinical trials right now for bipolar, anxiety disorders, and chronic pain, etc. I don't think it will be available in the US to be prescribed for at least several months if not a year or so. I don't have any "web-sites" available to help you with (perhaps someone else can help?). You probably won't be able to "tell" whether or not the Neurontin "quits" working at a very high dose-from what my pdoc says it is really more like the "dose-response" curve flattens out. That is, as you increase the dose above a certain level the benefits you get tend to diminish. So, the idea here is basically find the highest dose that clearly helps and don't bother trying to take more if it you really can't tell if it is helping any more or not.
Mitch
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