Posted by NikiinNY on July 21, 2003, at 15:21:39
In reply to Re: zonegran: review @ week one, posted by SLS on July 17, 2003, at 7:52:38
Hi All,
I'm new here and came across this board while searching google for information on Zonegran.
I live in NY and most pdocs are prescribing it for mood stabilization in place of Neurontin, Depakote, etc.
I am not sure if anyone saw but there is a huge lawsuit regarding Neurontin. It was featured on Dateline, there may be information on NBC's website, anyway it basically said there shows no clinical information regarding its efficacy in bipolar disorder. There was more to the story...basically the makers of Neurontin paid outside companies to publish independent studies saying it was effective.
With that said, I haven't taken Neurontin since my pdoc introduced me to Zonegran about a year and a half ago.
I read the earlier posts and I haven’t experience any side effects on Zonegran (I am taking 100mgs 2x/day) except *weight loss*. Now, I'll take that side effect any day:)
It seems to be the "latest and greatest" drug here in NY but I guess like all the other "miracle pills", we'll have to wait and see.
Niki
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