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What Causes Excessive Sleepiness While On Gabapentin?

I work third shift and was prescribed gabapentin 3 times a day and it has been two weeks and all I want to do is sleep. also I am having some of the site affects to this med. also I am on an inhauler Dulera could this be reacting with the gabapentin. and I also take 500mg of naproxen so my question is should these 3 be taken together
Wed, 31 Jan 2018
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gabapentin has a know side effect of drowsiness, so you feeling sleepy all the time is not because of interaction with any other medicines that you take
you should mention why did doctor prescribe you gabapentin
if it’s due to seizure it’s important that you have to take it
but if you are worried about the interaction between mess than you should not worry

if there is anything I can help you with do write to me
best regards

Dr Raza Ali
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What Causes Excessive Sleepiness While On Gabapentin?

gabapentin has a know side effect of drowsiness, so you feeling sleepy all the time is not because of interaction with any other medicines that you take you should mention why did doctor prescribe you gabapentin if it’s due to seizure it’s important that you have to take it but if you are worried about the interaction between mess than you should not worry if there is anything I can help you with do write to me best regards Dr Raza Ali