Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 64294

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the case for Neurontin

Posted by SalArmy4me on May 25, 2001, at 23:40:27

I took upwards of 6000 mg of gabapentin, and still had no side-effects. It got rid of my depression and anxiety before I stopped using it...

Gabapentin is a very viable option for you, and here's why:

--It has anti-anxiety and antidepressant actions
--It has no anticholinergic side-effects
--Few sexual side-effects
--It now comes in 600 and 800 mg tablets, reducing the number of pills one takes per day
--It has gained the respect of psychiatrists world-wide in less than a decade.
--Gabapentin has few negative drug interactions; it can even be taken with MAOIs and moclobemide

Here are the studies that prove Neurontin's efficacy:
1: Jefferson JW.
Benzodiazepines and anticonvulsants for social
phobia (social anxiety disorder).
J Clin Psychiatry. 2001;62 Suppl 1:50-3.
PMID: 11206035

2: Janowsky DS.
New Treatments of Bipolar Disorder.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 1999 Dec;1(2):111-113.
PMID: 11122912

3: Keck PE, Mendlwicz J, Calabrese JR, Fawcett J,
Suppes T, Vestergaard PA, Carbonell C.
A review of randomized, controlled clinical
trials in acute mania.
J Affect Disord. 2000 Sep;59 Suppl 1:S31-S37.
PMID: 11121825

4: [No authors listed]
Valproate and other anticonvulsants for psychiatric disorders.
Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2000 Dec 11;42(1094):114-5.
PMID: 11114842

5: Vieta E, Martinez-Aran A, Nieto E, Colom F,
Reinares M, Benabarre A, Gasto C.
Adjunctive gabapentin treatment of bipolar disorder.
Eur Psychiatry. 2000 Nov;15(7):433-7.
PMID: 11112936

6: Frye MA, Ketter TA, Kimbrell TA, Dunn RT, Speer AM,
Osuch EA, Luckenbaugh DA, Cora-Ocatelli G, Leverich GS, Post RM.
A placebo-controlled study of lamotrigine and
gabapentin monotherapy in refractory mood disorders
J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000 Dec;20(6):607-14.
PMID: 11106131
8: McElroy SL, Keck PE.
Pharmacologic agents for the treatment of acute
bipolar mania
Biol Psychiatry. 2000 Sep 15;48(6):539-57.
[Record as supplied by publisher]
PMID: 11018226

9: Bennett J, Goldman WT, Suppes T.
Gabapentin for treatment of bipolar and schizo-
affective disorders.
J Clin Psychopharmacol. 1997 Apr;17(2):141-2.
PMID: 10950494

10: Pande AC, Pollack MH, Crockatt J, Greiner M,
Chouinard G, Lydiard RB, Taylor CB, Dager SR, Shiovitz T.
Placebo-controlled study of gabapentin treatment
of panic disorder.
J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000 Aug

 

Re: the case for Neurontin

Posted by Bill L on May 26, 2001, at 10:16:41

In reply to the case for Neurontin, posted by SalArmy4me on May 25, 2001, at 23:40:27

Why did you discontinue it?

> I took upwards of 6000 mg of gabapentin, and still had no side-effects. It got rid of my depression and anxiety before I stopped using it...
>
> Gabapentin is a very viable option for you, and here's why:
>
> --It has anti-anxiety and antidepressant actions
> --It has no anticholinergic side-effects
> --Few sexual side-effects
> --It now comes in 600 and 800 mg tablets, reducing the number of pills one takes per day
> --It has gained the respect of psychiatrists world-wide in less than a decade.
> --Gabapentin has few negative drug interactions; it can even be taken with MAOIs and moclobemide
>
> Here are the studies that prove Neurontin's efficacy:
> 1: Jefferson JW.
> Benzodiazepines and anticonvulsants for social
> phobia (social anxiety disorder).
> J Clin Psychiatry. 2001;62 Suppl 1:50-3.
> PMID: 11206035
>
> 2: Janowsky DS.
> New Treatments of Bipolar Disorder.
> Curr Psychiatry Rep. 1999 Dec;1(2):111-113.
> PMID: 11122912
>
> 3: Keck PE, Mendlwicz J, Calabrese JR, Fawcett J,
> Suppes T, Vestergaard PA, Carbonell C.
> A review of randomized, controlled clinical
> trials in acute mania.
> J Affect Disord. 2000 Sep;59 Suppl 1:S31-S37.
> PMID: 11121825
>
> 4: [No authors listed]
> Valproate and other anticonvulsants for psychiatric disorders.
> Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2000 Dec 11;42(1094):114-5.
> PMID: 11114842
>
> 5: Vieta E, Martinez-Aran A, Nieto E, Colom F,
> Reinares M, Benabarre A, Gasto C.
> Adjunctive gabapentin treatment of bipolar disorder.
> Eur Psychiatry. 2000 Nov;15(7):433-7.
> PMID: 11112936
>
> 6: Frye MA, Ketter TA, Kimbrell TA, Dunn RT, Speer AM,
> Osuch EA, Luckenbaugh DA, Cora-Ocatelli G, Leverich GS, Post RM.
> A placebo-controlled study of lamotrigine and
> gabapentin monotherapy in refractory mood disorders
> J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000 Dec;20(6):607-14.
> PMID: 11106131
> 8: McElroy SL, Keck PE.
> Pharmacologic agents for the treatment of acute
> bipolar mania
> Biol Psychiatry. 2000 Sep 15;48(6):539-57.
> [Record as supplied by publisher]
> PMID: 11018226
>
> 9: Bennett J, Goldman WT, Suppes T.
> Gabapentin for treatment of bipolar and schizo-
> affective disorders.
> J Clin Psychopharmacol. 1997 Apr;17(2):141-2.
> PMID: 10950494
>
> 10: Pande AC, Pollack MH, Crockatt J, Greiner M,
> Chouinard G, Lydiard RB, Taylor CB, Dager SR, Shiovitz T.
> Placebo-controlled study of gabapentin treatment
> of panic disorder.
> J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000 Aug

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