Is Gabapentin Safe/good/bad With Morphine? (Page 2)
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Hello. I have multiple pain issues due to generalized OA, neuralgia, bilateral sciatica, trigger thumbs, carpal tunnel, protruding discs, trapped nerves, compression of spinal cord at L4/5, tendenosis, fibromyalgia and chronically inflammed tendon/nerve sheaths. I'm 52, female and in quite a bit of pain and take a few meds that include 600mg GABAPENTIN 3xdaily, which I love and can't do without. I also take dihydra., and naproxin. I've asked my GP for something more/stronger and I want to get MORPHINE at the starter dose of 30mg slow release, to see how I get on with it. My question I'd like to know from users of gabapentin with morphine is how have you got on with them + is the combo safe/good/bad in your experience? I'd like to know how your side-effects have been esp., for constipation, drowsiness and nausea, because I'm very sensitive to those side effects. Thank you. Also, due to menopause I suffer very badly with extreme flushes/flashes and sweats; so please could you tell me if gaba/morphine makes you hotter, or more sweaty as I can do without that! In the UK the NHS advises against using Gabapentin with Morphine (it doesn't say why). But I've read a few clinical papers that say the combo is very effective at reducing inflammation, which is ideal for me, so I want it. I hope you'll tell me your experiences. Thank you very much :)

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They've been saying forever that opiates do not help with neuropathic pain..I was in a serendipitous position of being on phenytoin AND oxycodone which is hyper metabolized by the phenytoin. To summarize: due to that I was taking 300-450mgs of oxycodone to prevent withdrawal and as a result every inch of my body was pain free. I almost convinced myself that perhaps there wasn't anything wrong with me at all..ok we stopped the phenytoin and my dose of oxy dropped substantially, down to 150-180 a day. Then last year I read that doctors discovered that opiates do in fact help with neuropathic pain......if they double the dose.most doctors are unwilling to do that but I can vouch from experience that yes, it works great! Unfortunately I am back at 4 a day though six per day does make me completely pain free but is not allowed. You do have other options but due to scare tactics and propaganda, doctors still hesitate to prescribe the safer drug, opiates.

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There are so many safer medications out there: opana, oxycontin, fentanyl patch ( which I currently use and surprisingly I finally dont wake up in pain! And IF i run out if my breakthrough meds, there isnt any withdrawal) i dont know how you feel about opiates but they are safer than most other drugs...as far as addiction: we can get addicted to anything, even shopping so dont let fear of addiction stop you..I have about four autoimmune disorders, osteoeverything, RA, fibromyalgia, muscular dystrophy, various myalgias, MS and now hypothyroidism. Im on 50 mcl fentanyl/48 hours, 4 30mgs oxycodone.....works great my pain except the dose thats works best for me is 6 insstead of dour a day.

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I wouldn't touch Gabapentin if docs told me my life depended on it! Pure poison

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The reason that I put "that horrible gabapentin" in my body is there is nothing my doctor knows of that stops pain from neuropathy.
My kidneys work at 50%. The gabapentin makes it worse,but I still take it.
Neuropathy pain wakes me out of a dead sleep. Then I get this throbbing pain in the same stop for hours; that's without gabapentin.
So that's my excuse for using a drug I dread continuation of.
Regards
LLS207

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Sorry to be a downer but there's even a new commercial that backs what I've been saying for thirty years.. First: ha spending gave me hallucinations, increased pain and out if body sensations so IMHO it isn't safe with anything. Ok, the new commercial slows a woman complaining of constipation from opiates-it starts out, "Opiates attach to pain receptors and they also... wait for it.... cause constipation! Oh my! What else do they do? What other side effects? Waiting... hmm, hmmm....waiting......you mean none??? That's right! They can cause constipation. So if you ask me, your morphine is safe all by itself and God knows why you would put that horrible poison Gabapentin in your body.

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Hello:
I use gabapentin 900mg q12h and morphine sustained release 15mg t.i.d.
No side effects and everything works great together. Can't be late with the gabapentin or the neuropathy flairs up.

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Hello, Grace! How are you?

I've not taken them together, but I can tell you that it may increase the side effects you experience, such as the nausea, dizziness, drowsiness and constipation that the FDA lists. Since you're sensitive to them, you should be aware of that and keep it in mind.

Yes, Morphine can cause hot flushes, so it may worsen those and it doesn't help with all inflammation, it can actually worsen some forms of it. It also carries the risk of being habit forming.

Can anyone that's taken both of them chime in?

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