1200 mg of neurontin may not be enough for your pain. I was taking 3600mg daily for 2 years and while the 1200mg did not take care of my leg pain, the 3600 did. If memory serves, I took 900mg 4 times daily - thank you my daughter-in-law for showing me how to use the reminder on my cell phone!
Before you decide on being that reluctant guina pig, you might try increasing the neurontin dosage - slowly. It's certainly worth a try before switching to morphine. A word of caution - the side effects increase with the dosage.
The nerve pain has diminished drastically, allowing me to choose meds or very managable pain. It took 2 years of pt and accupuncture as well as somewhat limited activity level but I do recommend accupuncture. That too is worth a try. Any improvement is slow but permanant. I went for 6 months, 2-3 times weekly. Then it just got too expensive.
Good luck, Dale
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3 level Prodisc adr S1-L3, Oct 12, 2005
Dr. B in Bogen, Germany
Severe nerve damage in left leg, still working on it
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