Posted by Ritch on April 17, 2002, at 9:49:43
In reply to Neurontin dosage?, posted by Kelty on April 17, 2002, at 0:45:38
> My GP has agreed to let me try trazodone 150 mg at night and add neurontin. He was unsure about an appropriate dose of neurontin though. He gave me 400 mg pills and told me to try starting at one or two a day. Does this seem appropriate? (I am trying it to treat anxiety, fibromyalgia and for migraine prophylaxis.)
That sounds fairly typical to me for people starting out on it. Some are sensitive to sedation and can't handle that dosage during the day however. But, you are on 150mg of traz. at nite, so I don't think you are amongst that bunch. The only thing about Neurontin is the real short half-life. If you can tolerate it and you want the effects to be as even as practicable you might need to take it about four times a day. Perhaps 300mg caps 4x daily? More than that and I "blank out" and can't function. But, there are others that can handle a LOT with no problem-make sure you got plenty of $$$ to pay for the Neurontin, though. If you are trying prevent migraines-Depakote might be better and you might get away with once at bedtime dosage. I think the PDR mentions 500mg/day as a max dose for migraines-any more doesn't seem to help.Mitch
poster:Ritch
thread:103308
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020416/msgs/103326.html