Your pharmacist would be the best source for how much folic acid to take. Good luck on this new hope for your pain.

Joanne

I hope this new combo helps you never heard of lyrica and gabapentin being written together as they are sister drugs that new to me so good luck with that and let us know how it goes.
I found this on line hope it helps

http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/cgi-bin/wordpress/2010/06/folic-acid/

hugs
tori

well i think i will try 800 mcg a day thanks all for the replys

hope it helps

i dont know why gabapentin and lyrica together maybe its a was to increase my dosage without my ankles swelling up, because i asked him if i should switch to the gaba and he said to take both he is the kind of doc if you dont bring it up he does nothing

I'm sorry about that my PCP isn't good at doing things on his own as far as idea goes either you can present him with a issue but you have to push the one thing he is good for is seeing drug interaction and given my history with that I love him that reason only as of the moment

tori

from what I found thus far this make sense if these drugs work for you
Is that even though Neurontin and Lyrica are similar, they must work slightly differently at the cell membrane level.

People who are on Neurontin for a while, the nerves get "used" to that way, and when you introduce the new Lyrica, either it doesn't get "in" the same, perhaps the Neurontin blocks it, or the nerves just have to "learn" to use the Lyrica
slightly differently. In other words an adjustment period occurs.

These drugs are not identical, and the body tends to "get used to things" and readjust etc. It does this with many other types of drugs too.

I wish you the best of luck and will think of you that the neurontin works to control the pain. I am sorry you have to go through this dreaded adjustment period but I wil pray it is a success. Keep us posted. Hugs.........

Mark,

You really need to ask you Dr. or Pharmacist about the amount of Folic Acid to take. I looked at 2 supplements that had Folic Acid in them, they both dosed 6 mgs. per day, that would be 6000 mcgs. You really don't want to be taking the wrong amount of meds, any meds even supplements. Diabetics especially break things down differently and it can be dangerous with some substances. So please give your pharmacist a call before just taking a random amount.

I'm not sure if they gave you an amount for the Vit. D but a normal amount is 2,000 I.U. per day. My body does not absorb Vit. D naturally any more so I have to take 6,000 I.U. a day with a booster of 50,000 I.U. every other week. See we're all different depending on our medical conditions and we have to take these meds how our Dr.'s instruct us to.

Take care,

Lat