Posted by djmmm on July 16, 2003, at 14:48:37
In reply to Neurontin withdrawal felt like opiate withdrawal, posted by MB on July 16, 2003, at 13:29:24
> I've been an on and off opiate addict (hopefully I stay off) for years. My experience with comming off of high doses of Neurontin was that the withdrawal was *extremely* similar to opiate withdrawal: goosflesh, cold sweats, restlessness, anxiety, etc. The only difference was that I get insomnia when I withdraw from opiates, but I couldn't stay awake when I came off of Neurontin.
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> One interesting note: once when I was detoxing from morphine (very bad withdrawal), I had some Neurontin, which I took to see if it would help the detox. Amazingly, it helped quite a bit. I wonder if Neurontin works on the opiate system in some way.
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> MBwhat dose were you taking?....I was taking 1800mg a day for epilepsy, along with other meds, and experiedced NO withdraw
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