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Suggest Remedy To Avoid Tremors After Taking Gabapentin

I just started taking gabapentin 300mg once a day @ night for neuropathy. I am now having tremors. I am a 79 year old diabetic using insulin 14mg pm and glipzide., is this a possible, total exhaustion want to sleep.Blood pressure is good , sugar level is good and has lost some appetite.
Fri, 26 Feb 2016
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You'd want to check what you checked more than once. Gabapentin is not common to cause tremors. Being 79 is a common cause of them. Gabapentin leaves the body pretty fast (which is why it is a 3x day medicine). If the tremor goes away fairly soon after stopping gabapentin, then that seems like the cause. Otherwise, panic/anxiety are probably more liley to cause this).
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Suggest Remedy To Avoid Tremors After Taking Gabapentin

You d want to check what you checked more than once. Gabapentin is not common to cause tremors. Being 79 is a common cause of them. Gabapentin leaves the body pretty fast (which is why it is a 3x day medicine). If the tremor goes away fairly soon after stopping gabapentin, then that seems like the cause. Otherwise, panic/anxiety are probably more liley to cause this).