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Anyone Experiencing Feet Swelling And Weight Gain While Taking Gabapentin/neurontin?

A MyMigraineTeam Member asked a question 💭
Hellertown, PA
April 14, 2017
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A MyMigraineTeam Member

I've been put on this recently for leg and feet pain. Has anyone had a side effect of blurry vision?

April 27, 2017
A MyMigraineTeam Member

I didn't give it time to do that. It blurred my vision so bad I couldn't see and this was after only one week. I gave it up then.

April 30, 2017
A MyMigraineTeam Member

Yes! Both that and Lyrica have made me gain weight like a raging bull. Have gained 60 pounds since starting to take it for nerve pain. I know people who take it without weight gain but have other side effects. It would be great to have medicine that the side effects weren't worse than the reason you need the medicine.

June 29
A MyMigraineTeam Member

I had severe swelling of my feet and legs with Lyrica and Avinza. Neurontin made my hair fall out.

March 15, 2018
A MyMigraineTeam Member

I have been taking Gabapentin for over 10 years. I first started taking it because I have nerve damage to my back. I have had 2 back surgeries. I haven’t had any problems with Gabapentin. 2 years ago I was in a car accident and I now have Trigeminal nerve damage to the right side of my face. So the doctors upped my dose to the max that a person can take. To me it does help for my pains but I noticed it doesn’t help for migraines and headaches. And the only bad side affect that I have had from Gabapentine,Depakote (for my migraines) and Zonisafide(also for headaches) is that in this 2 year span , I have grained 50 pounds.

March 13, 2018

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