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Question re: neurontin/nerve pain
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08-12-2011, 08:01 AM
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Nortriptyline?
Has anyone been on this for nerve pain? This is what the doc put me on and although it does help me sleep and works as an antidepressant, it seems to do little for nerve pain? I've been on it close to three weeks now. If this doesn't work, I'll have to try the neurontin again.
I'm on so many drugs it's crazy! Going back to the surgeon on Monday to talk with him and get new xrays and have a pow wow about the nerve pain. I can handle regular head on pain but nerve pain makes me go out of my freaking mind.
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Chemically sensitive disc/Annular tears, DDD, mild bulging, facet arthritus Dancing accident in 96. tried PT, acupuncture, pilates, pain mgmt. nothing worked. Epidurals, facet blocks, caudal blocks, discogram. Opiates for ten years, oral prednisone, toradol inj. & more. Two level spinal fusion with BMS, cages, hardware. due to bone density problems from chemotherapy, they had to go in front and back. Surgery Nov. 6, 2010. So far no regrets. 
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08-12-2011, 01:58 PM
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re nortriptyline
I took amytriptyline (Elavil) for 5 years post my second spine surgery for horrible burning nerve pain that was down my buttocks/bilat lower extremities. It took the edge off but didn't really do the trick like the Neurontin did altho the worst of the neuropathies sort of went away after 5 years post op and then I had remaining residual pain that I started the Neurontin for and took for 12 years before realizing this pain had "gone."
I agree this type of pain will drive one crazy.. it just gnawed at me constantly and really made life intolerable before getting it under control. The best combo of drugs that worked well for the pain actually was Neurontin and Methadone. Lumbar ESIs on regular basis helped with the low back pain and the burning to some degree. Tho that all wasn't instituted until 2001 and my last surgery that made the probs chronic (vs. episodic) was in '92. Hope you get relief soon. So what if you have to use drugs to do it? If your pain is anything like mine was believe me it's well worth it.
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08-12-2011, 03:48 PM
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I completely agree about nerve pain constantly gnawing at you. Accupuncture also help me more than anything else and I was shocked. My pm suggested it 18 months post op. The acupuncturist claimed that had I begun treatment at 6 months, treatment would have been more effective.
If I had to put a number on it, I'd say I improved 60-65% with acupuncture and was able to get off most drugs. Not all practitioners are as qualified as they claim. Ask around if you want to give it a try. 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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