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Have Severe Spinal Area Pain. On Gabapentin. What Is Wrong?
i have been seeing diffrent doctors sense feb. they all agree that im in pain. tho they dont know why only that its not my spine. they changed my meds yesterday and started me on gabapentin. not only is it not doing anything for my pain at all. im to the point where im in so much pain that im in tears and i can barely walk. i have a 3 year old son to take care of. in doing research on the drug i have found that it can be a very dangerous drug. i feel that they are not listening to me. like they no more about my body then i do. i try to explain something and they look at me like im retarded. i dont know what to do. i need help right now... please help me at least advise me as to what to do. please god help me.
Sat, 29 Jun 2013
Welcome to HCM.It is your body and you need not take medicine you do not wish to take.It would be best getting examined by a orthopaedic Surgeon who can examine you and investigate you.A MRI of the spine will help rule out any spinal causes or nerve root compression.Ther drug gabapentin has bee found very useful in neurogenic pain and pain due to nerve compression.Consulting a Pain clinic will also help .
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