Alcohol And Gabapentin (Page 7) (Top voted first)

Does anyone drink beer or other alcohol while taking this? I start on it tonight, increasing every 5 days to 900 mg total a day. I'm curious as to how much alcohol can be tolerated and if there are any reasons to avoid it completely. I like my Budweiser. Thanks for any input.

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I take neurontin and have some wine about 3-4 times a week. The side effects I have are dizziness and loss of coordination. Minor but still there. I recommend being cautious, however, it's not that bad.

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Yes I totally agree with you on the shots! I have gone to lunch with my hubby and when we do we like a shot or two of tequila but if I take neurontin before we do that I'm a mess.. My equilibrium is off and I end up in the bed laying down feeling like I have vertigo. So, needless to say I don't take it until later. I take it as a mood stabilizer so I can do that but if someone takes it for seizures then I would not recommend it. (Unless someone can get you home without you driving)

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I'm the same way! If I drink too much (3 glasses of wine or so) I'm done at night and if I get out of bed I can't walk straight! Hell.. I don't even have to drink to lose my balance.. Just take your neurontin!

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Booze and gabapentin . . . confusion . . . inability to concentrate . . . no mojo . . . no sex . . . don't give a s*** either . . . as close to a frontal brain lobe removal as there is. Bad idea to mix.

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Gabapentin isn't processed by the liver. It is absorbed in the gi tract and filtered out through the kidneys.

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Like almost everyone else here, I hhighly recommend nobody mixes Gaba and alcohol. Yesterday(36 hours ago) I took just one 100 mMG capsule. I had a couple beers earlier(26 hours after I took 100 mg) and I may be going to the ER. I wont list all of my symptoms, just know this is evil stuff... We're told it's safe on the liver yet told to watch for jaundice and clay colored stools.. Makes total ssense. Please -- dont play around with this 'medicine'!

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The problem I have is that it does not work for my RLS. Are you taking Horizant or regular? Some wine doesn't bother me.

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My goodness. Such extreme conditions you all report. I like my 900 mg of gabapentin as it significantly reduces my RA pain. Just asking about half a glass of wine in the evening after taking 309 mg at noon.

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Me too I've been taking gabapentin for years for epilepsy and I like my red wine... I feel fine drinking.... I take 600 mg three times a day.... Enjoy life it's too short...

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I take 2700 mg of Gapbapentin every day which is a very high dose. I can drink 4 or 5 light beers without problems. Just let someone else do the driving.

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Alcohol isn't for anxiety. Or any mental ailments of that type. It has two main uses. Nerve pain. And anticonvulsant. No one has ever prescibed gabapentin for "social anxiety" and that along is why the gabapentin didn't fix it. You don't take ibuprofen for social anxiety do you? Or dilantin, keppra or trileptal? Nope. I sure hope not. If a doctor gave you gabapentin to help with social anxiety, I'd suggest finding a new doctor. Yes gabapentin has been used for certain kinda of mental illnesses (induced by brain damage not lack of self confidence!)

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I don't think wine counts... Lol. Sweetie wine is like 2-5% proof. This means like whiskey. Vodka. Tequila. Etc. Wine wont get anybody drunk. It hardly affects the mental state. You'd have to drink a gallon to get a real buzz. Lol

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Get help... You're gonna end up dead running like that.

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just started taking Gaba and I drink a lot of beer will I be okay

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Moderate alcohol consumption won't affect most people when they also take gabapentin. I take 2700mg a day. No problems at all. I'm almost 71. I consume beer and sometimes wine. If you are not much of a drinker then lay off the stuff. I have several doctors. They know I drink. Just don't go to extremes. Also don't use alcohol when you first start gabapentin as it can have strong sedative effect. Within a few days this will cease as your body builds up a good tolerance to gabapentin quickly. CHEERS!

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I totally agree with you. I've been on Gabapentin for 5 years now following a spinal cord injury which rendered me Paraplegic. My daily dose is 3600mg and if I have alcohol alongside (which I do regularly 2 - 3 bottles of wine weekly) I find that my pain becomes intolerable.
I'm a small female, under 50kg and apart from the pain have suffered no other negative symptoms. Why don't I give up the wine? Because it's my only pleasure.

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I have recently stopped taking 300mg of gabapentin at night only from nerve pain on my scalp due to shingles. How soon can I start drinking wine with meals again?

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I was on 400 mg of it 3x daily. Made my pain/anxiety/depression noticeably less, however, alcohol will affect you 100% on this drug. I would have two glasses of wine, completely black out to where I wouldn't remember hours of time. With this prescription and a muscle relaxer I was prescribed.. a glass of wine anything.. months were a blur on this drug and at one point... I swore I was possessed. I felt evil and would forget everything. Never... ever had this happen.

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It may not be the gabapentin. Pain alone can cause depression. Try lowering your dose and only take it at night.

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I m on 2700mg gabapentin a day i also have a drink now and again last week had a bottle of wine and I am still alive!

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