Gabapentin 100mg For Pain

I take Gabapentin 3x a day (AM-NOON PM) for extremely severe pain from spinal stenosis. The pain travels down my legs. Difficulty in walking My question is:
What is the most Gabapentin I can take of this medicine without severe side effects?

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Hello, Harriet! How are you? I am very sorry that you're in pain.

The important thing you need to know is that Gabapentin is not an actual analgesic, so it will not work like one to treat your pain and help with it, when you're having a day that's worse than usual. This is an anticonvulsant, it can help with some forms of nerve pain due to the affect it has on brain chemicals, but in order to help, it must be taken for about 4 to 6 weeks in a consistent dosing.

You will not get more relief by taking extra on any given day, so please don't up your dose, without your doctor's approval.

Learn more Gabapentin details here.

Its normal side effects may include nausea, dizziness, mood swings and weight changes.

Have you ever experienced severe side effects from taking it?

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