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gabapentin and joint pain

openroad
openroad
Has anyone else here started gabapentin only to have it end up giving you wicked joint pains? I used it and it helped with my sciatica but when we raised the dose to try to kill the rest of the pains in my situation and the next thing I knew my joints were just killing me. My doc sent me for arthritis tests, which were negative by the way, and now I want to get off of it. I see my pain doc on Thursday so it shouldn't be too much of a problem but I also want to change my other pain meds over to something new as well. I take fentanyl and percocet and I need something as strong as fenteanyl to start with and a stronger breakthrough pain med than the percocet. Does anyone have any ideas what meds might be good to replace fentanyl and percocet? I'd appreciate any answers you might have.
Thanks
deleted_user
deleted_user
This is the downside of using Fentanyl patches too early in your CP journey. There is nothing as strong as Fentanyl that you can use outside of a Hospital environment. It's the strongest narcotic medication our there that you can use at home. Most people that switch meds from Fentanyl go to either LA Oxycontin or LA Morphine to try and get adequate pain coverage they're the only 2 meds even remotely close to the strength of Fentanyl for Long Acting pain meds.

Just a note, when you stop the Gabapentin it needs to be tapered off, not just stopped cold turkey, that can cause some nasty side effects. I know you want to get off of it, but its worth it to stretch it our over a week or so.

Kat
LynnJ55
LynnJ55
Openroad, Kat's right about tapering off the Gabapentin gradually. I used it for several months, and it actually helped my fibromyalgia somewhat. But it didn't help the migraines, which is the reason my doc put me on it in the first place.

My doc now has me on Morphine as needed, a 15 mg. tab broken in half, twice a day. It helps, although I hate having to use it because I have to schedule my life around it. I've never tried Fentanyl patches.

Good luck.
Lynn
tendonshurt
tendonshurt
My PM has me on Opana ER 40mg x 3 and oxycodone 30mg x 2 for BT. This combination works better for me than morphine, fentanyl or oxycotin. The only time I've ever been on fentanyl was when I had meningitis. Fentanyl patches don't stay on with all the humidity here in TN.

My brothers Dr won't prescribe opana er. He said he only gives it to cancer patients. So that being said it's going to depend on your PM and what he's comfortable prescribing. Best wishes with your pain control. Mine never drops below a 4 regardless of what I do.

Healing hugs