Is Gabapentin A Narcotic (Page 2) (Top voted first)

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Please i need to know for sure if gabapentin is a narcotic? I take them every day. I was prescribed them. I was told that they are and i wanna know for certain as im not wanting to take them no more.

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I was recently prescribed gabapentin 100mg twice daily. Will this make me gain weight?

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I take both gabapentin and amlodipine every night with no problem.

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Gabapentin is the generic form. LYRICA is the name brand, FYI.
You cannot go off it cold turkey. I went into severe withdrawal when I ran out and was never told.
CVS told me to come get (2) days to hod me over, but when I got there, they pretended like they had no idea what I was talking about, even though my husband was with me the whole time, so he was a witness.

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Wrong! Research what you can about how this medication works and google patient accounted of the medication, side effects and the withdrawals syndrome

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Re: lis (# 5) Expand Referenced Message

Really? I never heard of an OBGYN prescribing Gabapentin for menopause, ever. Sounds wrong on all levels.
Nerve pain....menopause....nerve pain med for erratic hormones, hot flashes, vaginal dryness?

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Re: John boy (# 50) Expand Referenced Message

Gabapentin is a controlled substance in Ohio and Kentucky officially a scheduled 5. Gabapentin is being treated as controlled in all 50 states per a memo from the Government asking pharmacist to do so. That means no early refills and tighter controls on prescriptions. But, Gabapentin is not a narcotic. Narcotic's are synthesized from Opium to make pharmaceutical drugs. Gabapentin is a anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. That is designed negatively impact Synaptic plasticity and synaptogenesis of Receptor a2d-1. A pharmaceutical does not have to be opium-based to be scheduled.

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I read "they" are trying to reclassify it. I took it with zero problems for 6 months. Then I started getting really emotional. I cried for 3 days, and called my primary care doctor as my neurosurgeon went to China. He called in 100MGs and told me to "wean slowly". What does that tell you?

Anything that you have to WEAN OFF of SHOULD be at least, controlled. I hate the side effects. I am super sensitive to many medications. During my last fusion, I had to have some "Jose Cuervo" antibiotic that is super expensive because I am allergic to every other antibiotic.

Hope this helps you feel validated. I care.

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Re: Vickki1000 (# 51) Expand Referenced Message

Doctors are prescribing it for pain instead of real pain medication, so don't be fooled. Take 300mg of Gabapentin and see how well it works for pain then take 2 30mg Oxycodone and see which one works better. Believe me Oxycodone will work 1000X better for pain, without any side affects. Common sense people

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Re: RN in virginia (# 23) Expand Referenced Message

RN please be kind, this person was told correctly that in his state Gabapentin is scheduled. To most people when they think the word "scheduled" they think "narcotic". That is a misunderstanding of what makes a medication scheduled. That doesn't make it wrong or spreading misinformation. Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia Gabapentin is a scheduled 5 medication. Mass and Oklahoma are in the works of scheduling it. Other states are moving in that direction. Gabapentin is not federally scheduled yet. Gabapentin is staged to be a class c scheduled medication and they are voting on storage and asking for public opinion as we speak. Research what schedule 5 means for your state. It's the lowest schedule there is. It usually means a limit in the number of refills on a bottle and no early refills if lost or stolen. It usually meant the scripts are being monitored. Different states may have a few differences between them.

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Can you take Gabapentin100mg andAmlodlpine 5mg at the same time

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I want to know the way to get rid of habit of taking Restyle nearly 10 Mg per day but I do not forget anything and and deal with the civil and criminal cases with great zeal being an Advocate. Once I stopped. Then I experienced bitter results like increase in heart beating, unknown fear, dullness, head-ache etc., In fact on the advise of doctor only I started to use the same. But it went to such an extent. will it be dangerous to me. If so, I can stop. But let me know the remedial drug or advise.

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So how how you know. And what has helped you. Ive been suffering from. Neuropthy. Feet. Burn pain. Just saw your post im 52 and gd weight.

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I was prescribed today,gabapentin, for nerve pain on the soles of my feet and toes.My question is what causes this?

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Lyrica is NOT generic Gabapentin!!! Neurontin is the brand name of gabapentin and I'm not sure if there is a generic name for lyrica yet or not. Neurontin started on the market in the late 1980s as a psych. med and by the early 1990s the FDA realized it was helping certain kinds of nerve pain and now these days it is no longer prescribed for psych. issues just nerve pain and certain physical brain disorders. Lyrica was invented in 2003 and given to ppl for both physical and psychological disorders that causes nerve pain. My doc. switched me from gaba to lyrica when it was new but eventually had to switch me because because the lyrica did not help me. THEY ARE 2 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS!! Look it up before you comment like you know something about a medication and btw the FDA is investigating gaba and considering putting it in a class with narcotics because ppl are over dosing on it and they recently are using it to help recovering alcoholics with withdrawal symptoms as well. So if u are prescribed gaba then soon you will be weaned off of it if you haven't been taking it for a long period of time and if you get to stay on it your doctor will be doing routine drug panels to make sure you are taking it.

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Ok i have granma seizures epilepsy anxiety and sever deppresion disorder ptsd ok dr prescribed gabapentin he said for anxiety.-_- i am taking1500mg of depakote 300mg of dilantin and 100mg as needed every 6 hrs..i also take100mg trazidone..ok gaba helps with my chronic neck and back pain and whrn i take it with trazidone at vedtime sleep fn great but its not really helping anxiety which is why dr prescribed it in first place...am i just not giving it a chance do i need to increase it? I know attivan and valume help my anxiety-_- yet gaba is not a narcotic and not habbit forming so should probably just go with it and i love how it helps with my pain.

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Wowccwith all these side effects. Its so disturbing.and upsetting..I would not take it. I tried only few. And I felt weird feeling. And reading about it and hearing all these forgot about it....yea I have pain and hot feets. But I managing for now. I takes cats naps when one home. Elevate my feets when can, walk everyday , take vitamins at times... And again I do get disturb when reading theses med pamphlets..Gdluck to you too.. swim do somethings daily , eat healthy tooo

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Sorry you are very very wrong. As of july 1st 2017 in the state of ky it is a schedule 5 narcotic...google it ppl.....smh

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Can you still take gabapentin if you are on suboxone?

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Gabapentin can make you gain weight. It generally does not cause weight loss.

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Gabapentin is NOT a narcotic its officially classified as an anti-convulsant. It treats nerve pain and seizures, it won't treat regular everyday pain that is not caused by the nervous system. I would find a new doctor if your doctor doesn't even know the meaning of the word narcotic.

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