I've been on 1200mgs of Neuontin 3 times a day. It doeshelp with the raficular pain in my arms and legs. My doc wanted to put me on methadone but it woulf interfer with mh heart meds. Methadone supposedly works well for pain but everyone is different I hope you find some relief!!!!

I was on Neurontin 3x a day at 900mg and it did nothing for me. And I have no clue about Methadone. Good luck!

I take Neurontin and it has been very effective for me as part of the drugs I take to make my pain more manageable. I would never take Methodone as it is so highly addictive.

It's true that you are likely to gain weight with Neurontin but for me it's worth it.

I now take 2700mg per day of Neurontin, 250mg of Tramadol and 100mg of Amitriptyline at night. Working well - check my post about Pain management.

For me gaining the weight with Neurontin was not worth it, but thats cause it did not help me one bit. When I got off it, I within the first two weeks lost 13 lbs.

I use Neuontin at 1800 a day and it works well for me.. I did gain weight at first but it seems to have leveled out now.. I hope you find something that works for you.

Cathy

Lisa, have you tried Nucynta? My doc says this helps with nerve pain and at one time it helped me alot. Worth looking into because I had no side effects.
I don't have nerve pain so Neurontin didnt help me at all.

Thanks, all.

But has anyone with nerve pain tried both of these--methadone and neurontin and can compare which worked better for them?

hi Lisa,
if i were you, i would try neurotin especially since effectiveness of methadone is waning. surprised your doc didn't put you on neurotin first as it's usually first line of attack for dreaded nerve pain.
i've tried both. Both helped yet caused intolerable side effects for me.
i'd give the edge to methadone but as you know everyone reacts differently to meds also in my case i didn't get over 1200 mgs/day on neurotin due to adverse effects.
best of luck to you lisa. hope you find relief SOON.