Posted by Snoozy on April 20, 2003, at 18:14:22
In reply to Highest possible *single dose* of Neurontin?, posted by Ame Sans Vie on April 20, 2003, at 17:43:46
Here's some info. on Neurontin, including dosage:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202732.html
Please check with your doctor about what is best for you. (btw How's the blood pressure?)
> I'm not taking Neurontin so much for psychiatric purposes as I am for chronic pain (FMS/CFS). I also take Soma fairly often, but more for anxiety/boredom relief than for muscle pain. Kind of backwards, but that's pretty much the way I am, lol.
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> I've found that, personally, Neurontin is more like a typical analgesic (aspirin, for example) than some others used for pain (amitriptyline) in that it seems to work on an as-needed basis. So my question is, what is the absolute highest possible dose you have personally found, or have heard from a reputable resource, that one can take in a single dose? I don't have side effects at all from my typical 800-1600mg as-needed dose, but I wonder how high one could potentially go before running into problems? This wouldn't be so much of an issue if I weren't hypersensitive to OTC analgesics, and I'd really like to save opioids as a last resort, since the Neurontin is working for the most part so far. It's just that occasionally I have breakthrough pain/muscle spasms that even a couple Somas or Zanaflex can't handle. Anyone have any knowledge whatsover on this?
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