Posted by Simcha on October 31, 2005, at 19:33:14
In reply to Re: Gabapentin/Neurontin - depression and anxiety » Simcha, posted by lunesta on October 31, 2005, at 12:07:45
Yes, and I know people on 4+ grams of the stuff per day who did not experience anything like what you did.
We are all different when it comes to side effects and efficacy, unfortunately.
My psychiatrist informed me well about high doses of Gabapentin a few months ago and told me that the latest unbiased medical studies show that most people can take grams of it and be just fine.
Gabapentin did not agree with you at all. I'm sorry you suffered this.
For every drug there is a minority who experience the terrible side effects of a drug. This is true for every drug anyone has ever made, including aspirin.
So, when faced with medical "evidence" presented by lawyers who are litigating a case against a drug company, I'm very wary of the results due to the automatic bias from the very start of the study. When faced with unbiased medical studies done for research purposes, not funded by a drug company, I'm much more comfortable. Also I have much more confidence in my doctors who know more than I do, even though I'm a well educated consumer, than I do what a law firm would tell me about a medicine.
If attorneys were meant to practice medicine then they would hold PhD.s in medicine and have the letters M.D. or O.D. or something like it after their names. Instead they have Doctorates in Law and they have the letters, J.D. after their names. I would not seek legal advice from a doctor any more than I would seek medical advice from a lawyer.
So, again, I believe you about your issues with Gabapentin. I believe everyone when they say they have any side effect to whatever med they take. In every study there is always a minority of people who have some VERY adverse reactions to all drugs that have been made.
That is what makes medicine such a complicated science. There is more about the human body that we don't know than what we actually know. And multiply that lack of knowledge by 100 when you speak about the brain.
Best Wishes,
Simcha
poster:Simcha
thread:572445
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20051031/msgs/573911.html