Peripheral neuropathy

diamond_dave

Hi All, been suffering with Idiopathic PN in feet for some years now. Not too bad in the daytime but a B*****er at night - hot, cold, painful,etc. Specialists said nothing to be done, but has anyone here had any help with this condition. i did ask about B12, but he said no use. Any answers/help would be really appreciated.

Mojisola

Medical advice isn't allowed on this site - try more specific forums like https://www.neurotalk.org/forum20/

Beenie

ask your doctor for Gabapentin (sometimes called Pregabalin).

ths isn't medical advice, it's a personal experience as it happened to me several years ago. Gabapentin worked for me.

ohreally

Beenie wrote: »

ask your doctor for Gabapentin (sometimes called Pregabalin).

They are different drugs.

http://www.differencebetween.net/science/health/drugs-health/differences-between-gabapentin-and-pregabalin/

Nicki

Beenie wrote: »

ask your doctor for Gabapentin (sometimes called Pregabalin).

ths isn't medical advice, it's a personal experience as it happened to me several years ago. Gabapentin worked for me.

You are recommendinghe takes prescribed medication. In what world is that not medical advice!

bugslet

Nicki wrote: »

You are recommendinghe takes prescribed medication. In what world is that not medical advice!

I read it they were saying ask your doctor about it. If the doctor doesn't think it won't work, then they won't prescribe it.

GlasweJen

Gabapentin and pregablin are two completely different drugs! Your "not medical advice" is shocking.

ripplyuk

GlasweJen wrote: »

Gabapentin and pregablin are two completely different drugs!.

Not really. Pregabalin is a more ‘refined’ version of Gabapentin. They do have some slight differences (absorption/bioavailability etc) but overall they are the same drug.

OP, I would suggest asking your GP for a referral to a chronic pain management clinic. Or you can pay to see the pain specialist privately. They will be best placed to advise you on what will help.

GlasweJen

ripplyuk wrote: »

Not really. Pregabalin is a more ‘refined’ version of Gabapentin. They do have some slight differences (absorption/bioavailability etc) but overall they are the same drug.

OP, I would suggest asking your GP for a referral to a chronic pain management clinic. Or you can pay to see the pain specialist privately. They will be best placed to advise you on what will help.

If I'm in a pharmacy and someone comes in with a script for gabapentin and I pull down a box of lyrica for the pharmacist to mark up that goes on the "near miss for dispensing error" log book which can ultimately get a pharmacy technician struck off. If the lyrica makes it into the bag and out the door the pharmacist WILL end up with an investigation on their plate and will probably be suspended while the investigation is underway. It's not "the same drug", it's similar but that's like saying "oh the eye clinic pharmacy ran out of timolol I'll just give this guy simbrinza, they're both eye drops for glaucoma". That's not how dispensing drugs works.

ripplyuk

GlasweJen wrote: »

If I'm in a pharmacy and someone comes in with a script for gabapentin and I pull down a box of lyrica for the pharmacist to mark up that goes on the "near miss for dispensing error" log book which can ultimately get a pharmacy technician struck off.

I’m talking chemically. They are structurally both gabapentinoids.

Of course a pharmacist shouldn’t randomly swap them! It would cause all sorts of side effects for the patient due to the factors I mentioned above. The dosage would be vastly different too. The NHS wouldn’t appreciate that either, since Lyrica is much more expensive than generic gabapentin or Pregabalin.

MrsStepford

Peripheral neuropathy is often a symptom of Type II Diabetes. Please get yourself tested.