"WARNING" FOR PEOPLE TAKING GABITRIL

[Truckster]

HI EVERYONE,FOUND THIS ON THE NET AFTER BEING PRESCRIBED GABITRIL AND THOUGHT THAT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW!!!!!!!! http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/gabitril.htm

[capricorn]

TRUCKSTER......thanks for sharing. We need all the info we can get. What is this prescribed fo? I have never heard of it. I had a Dr. years ago who told me he wished I never investigated drugs or read the side effects. Most of them are quite scary. He is no longer my Dr.

CAP

[Truckster]

HI CAP,IT WAS PRESCRIBED FOR NERVE PAIN BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,THAT IS AN OFF LABEL USE AND AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE FROM THE FDA,I DON'T THINK I'LL BE TAKING IT....MAY ASK DOC TO TRY LYRICA INSTEAD!!!!!!

[capricorn]

Or even Neurontin. I hear they are both great. Scary isn't it TRUCKSTER!!


CAP

[Truckster]

YEA! IT IS PREETY SCARY...I HAVE ALREADY TRIED NEURONTIN,TOO MANY SIDE EFFECTS.LORD ONLY KNOWS, WHAT WITH ALL THE DRUGS THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING ON THIS FORUM,WHAT OTHER DANGERS THEY MIGHT BE IN AND DON'T KNOW IT!!!!!!! ON THE LINK I POSTED IT SAYS THAT THE DRUG COMPANY IS SUPPOSE TO PUT A WARNING LABEL ON THE PRESCRIPTION AND WHEN I GOT IT THE OTHER DAY GUESS WHAT?NO LABEL!!!!!!!BUT I ALWAYS CHECK DRUGS BEFORE I TAKE THEM,I THINK THE DRUG COMPANIES PUSH DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN DRUGS TO MAKE MORE MONEY AND THE DOC GETS A KICK BACK!!!!!!!!I WOULD ADVISE EVERYONE TO CKECK OUT THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS ON LINE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE FOR AND THE SIDE EFFECTS!!!!!!!!

[Lilly]

Yikes! Thanks for the warning
I've had good luck with Lyrica....Thank goodness WC is paying for mine, as it's expensive if you have to pay for it yourself & co-pays through insurance are quite high too.
Lilly