Posted by missliz on January 20, 2003, at 2:19:02
In reply to Re: gabitril neurontin etc » hildi, posted by viridis on January 20, 2003, at 1:24:45
Neurontin is one of the biggest scancals of contemporary psychopharmacology- there was a big trial in Boston, the records were just recently unsealed, the company knew perfectly well it doesn't work but paid off docs to put their names on papers written by the company marketing department and submit them to journals. Neurontin was finally properly tested in double blind placebp cotrolled studies for all the off label uses the company was pushing it hard for (anxiety and BP) and guess what? It either doesn't work or makes people worse. I've noticed that Neurontin is never used alone- it needs the other drugs to do the work. This info comes from the New York Times, by the way.
The real effect of Neurontin is to make obscene amounts of money. 1.2 billion dollars in 2001. If you read the Rx info you'll notice that it doesn't metabolize into anything else, binds to a "novel" receptor (they don't have a clue what this stuff does in your brain) and has only been approved as add on therapy for certain types of epilepsy. It is expensive, and hell to get off of. Psychiatrists have actively spoken out against Neurontin, refusing to use it in their practices. I'll have to dig out the links and post later, but these are reputable enough guys.
I took it, and kept asking my pdoc why? It didn't do anything and I'm better since I got off it. Neurontin is bogus, and a perfect example of how the mentally ill are exploited. Think Big Tobacco when you think Neurontin. Don't waste your time or money. Buying the stuff just eggs those bastards on.
I had a bad reaction to gabitril and lamotrigine, but at least they work for other people.
Trileptal has been really good for me, just titrate the dose up VERY slowly if you try it. Soothes the anxiety a lot, great mood stabilizer, doesn't make you fat. Easy to live with.missliz
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