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What Causes Pain And Burning Sensation In The Legs While On Gabapentin?
Yes, I have been prescribed Gabapentin for pain, I have been experiencing leg pain with the pain traveling down the side of my leg to the top of my foot. The Pain on my foot it just burning. something that started along the same time this may sound funny an awful smell of something burning.
Thu, 19 Apr 2018
Hi,
What you are describing is sciatic pain due to compression of the sciatic nerve at its root or at sciatic foramen; that burning pain is neuropathic pain.
Gabapentin can relieve it. You should do an MRI scan to look for the cause of such a compression.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhadresh Lakhani
What you are describing is sciatic pain due to compression of the sciatic nerve at its root or at sciatic foramen; that burning pain is neuropathic pain.
Gabapentin can relieve it. You should do an MRI scan to look for the cause of such a compression.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhadresh Lakhani
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