Documents filed in U.S. District Court in Dr. David P. Franklin’s whistleblower lawsuit against Warner-Lambert and its parent company Pfizer Inc., allege they paid dozens of doctors tens of thousands of dollars each to promote Neurontin, an epilepsy drug, to other physicians for non-approved uses. The top spokesperson for Neurontin received than $300,000 for speeches given from 1994 to 1997, according to a court filing. The court papers also show how some doctors were paid to prescribe Neurontin based on the findings of a clinical trial that Warner-Lambert created to market the drug.
Franklin says the company’s marketing strategy, which enabled Neurontin to bring in more than $2 billion in revenues, is illegal. He says the government paid hundreds of millions of dollars for Neurontin as doctors prescribed the drug to Medicaid patients for off-label uses.
(via New York Times)
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I have been on Neurontin for the past 8yrs. At which time I was started on 3100mg and now down to 2100mg daily.
Last Friday while watching Dateline, I seen that this drug was only FDA approved for Epilepsy. Then after that looking on the internet I found out that California has already file suit against Parke-Davis for the misuse of this drug.
Yet all the Doctors I’ve seen over these years, not one has even told me or ask me to have a blood test to check for possible problems stemming from the prolong use of this drug. I was placed on it only for a chemical imbalance was what I was told, no other problems that would determine me to be on this unapproved drug for my symptoms.
The FDA only approved this drug for epileptic seizures and only if taken in conjunction with another drug, but doctors have gone along with Parke-Davis’s other use that have not been approved and when is this going to stop after deaths have occurred?
My questions are why is the government not doing more in stopping Parke-Davis and any other company’s fraud by now?
Parke-Davis, a division of Warner-Lambert has made billons of dollars off the people that have been prescribe Neurontin. When is our government going to stop setting back while the big corporate companies ruin lives?
Where can I go for a good lawyer to fight back because our government will not fight for its citizens?
My dad takes Neurontin for Manic-Depressive behavior. It supposedly controls his mania. Does anyone have information on the long-term effects of this drug?
Thank you for your help!
I have been taking Neurontin ever since beginning to recover from Guillain Barre Symdrome ( a reaction from my flu shot in 2000)I had neuropthy from the waist down after my getting out of the hospital. The effects fo this drug have been amazing to my life. I can feel my legs getting more sensations all the time. And the neurontin helps get me through the day, every day. I have had two occasions where I wasn’t able to take the Neurontin, one when I lost my prescription bottle out of my purse, another when I forgot to bring it along with me for a weekend vacation. I can certainly tell you that I know that it works for me.
I am from Alabama, and my little brother has taken Neurontin for several years for ADHD, my mother is intrested in getting in on a Class Action Suite aganist this company. If anyone has any information as to how to find out who may be fighting this case, please e-mail with the information. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advanced!
I have been on many medications for my Bipolar Two Disorder. Neurontin is the FIRST Medication that is helping me! I have been on it for over 4 months, and I love it! I am calmer and more alert, and I feel more relaxed since I don’t have the Mania! I just don’t understand the law suit! My doctor has many patients, like me, that can’t handle anti depressants, mood stabilizers, and then they go on Neurontin, they are doing better! My Doc works with the State and they are only allowed to perscribe certain medications for Bipolar! I couldn’t take a beta blocker, so Neurontin is used for a lot of things, finally it worked!
I have friends who have MS and Nerve pain. We all take Neurontin, and WE all LOVE IT!
I don’t understand this law suit and situation. What is up and who is ACTUALLY AT FAULT????????
I saw the segment on dateline back in July at which time I was taking neurontin for arthritis pain. When I called my Dr. on ot only being approved for seizuers she told me many studies have been done and you can’t believe everything you hear on t.v. Needless to say I stopped taking it that day since it was not helping me. Was my Dr. on the take?
I am wondering where I can get involved in the class action lawsuit for the neurontin. I was prescribed it for off label uses and it really hurt me. I need some information as to how I can find a lawyer who is involved with this class action lawsuit.
I was prescribed this medication for so called nerve pain, which I still have, plus eyesight problems which I didn’t have before taking the neurontin, memory problems, chemical sensitivities, etc… What a nightmare Neurontin has causes for my marriage as well. I would appreciate all of the help I can get. Thank you very much!!!
Kim
I’ve been on neurotin for 3 yrs. Its helped me feel normal. Its also helped my aggressive behavior. I don’t get provoked my little things so easy.
Of course I’m interested in long time effects.I started at 1800 mg. and have brought myself down to 600mg to 900mg with no side effects. That I’m aware of.
I began taking Neurontin 2yrs. ago after a lower leg amputation. I was in so much pain until they gave me this drug! I just saw a commercial about suicide and Neurontin. I didn’t catch the phone number though. I am still taking the drug and now I am a little worried that maybe it could be the reason I feel so suicidal.I stay so depressed too. Wish I never had to leave the house. The fatigue is almost overwhelming! I don’t even want to lift an arm! I have also had to buy reading glasses since beginning the drug and never had a problem with my eyesight before! My memory is just GONE! Could all this be the result of taking Neurontin? I hope not because it really does seem to help the phantom pain from the amputation.
I was on Neurontin for over 1 year for nerve pain associated with MS. Not only did it NOT help the pain and abnormal sensations, it caused a world of problems. I was so severely depressed while taking it that I considered suicide almost daily. It also caused severe problems with my family as I was unable to do alot of normal daily functions. I have a four year old and I finally stopped taking it as it wasnt helping anyway. I would like to learn more about this class action lawsiut.
Where can I get information on a class action suit?
I have been taking Neurontin for several months now for nerve pain caused by an auto accident. I had been trying to find out why I’ve been so depressed, tired and feeling like I would rather die than feel this way. I asked doctors about the side effects of Neurontin and was informed that this medication would not be the cause. Please be careful. I have been on a very low dose, at higher doses I sleep constantly. It has helped with my nerve pain, but the cost is much to high. What about long term effects?
I was perscribed neurontin during a months long manic episode. It really helped calm and focus me almost immediatley. I was so relieved not to be a mess, it took me ahile to notice the negative changes. I feel an addiction to this drug however, maybe it is mental? I can’t help but notice and feel drastic moods, anxiety, and dissastisfaction under the masking the drug provides. It is a struggle I keep to my self mostly because I feel my companion is too reliant on the outwardly “calming” effects it has on my personality. After over a year, I don’t know which way is up, and am starting to wonder about my doctor. He doesn’t see any real need to evaluate me, and in fact had known me for only 10 minutes before he put me on it. I feel seperate from my life, which of coarse helps a person with bi-polar, but it verges on something neglectful. I have gained almost 50 lbs in a year and barely have energy to accomplish much more than my job, and that feels like it is going to do me in. On other days, I feel grateful that my behavior is not out of control, and I don’t seem to interact in the same crazy way with my environment. But at what cost? Does anyone have any information on going of this drug? When I have missed it for a day or so, I felt really screwed up.
I was prescribed Neurontin for Bi-polar disorder in 1999 and paired with Ambien, during that time period I became severely depressed and tried to commit suicide, I don’t even remember doing it, I had overdosed on all of my Ambien. I had lived at college and as a result of my suicide attempt was barred from living on campus. I immediately stopped all the medication I had been taking and slowly I got back to my normal self. Come to find out my new doctor says I am not Bipolar, but suffered from Major depression, just a swing of life that was normal for my age group. Neurontin messed me up and so did the doctor that prescribed it.
how can i get more info on the class action lawsuit aganist neurotin
I have been on Neurontin for about 9 months to a year for Depression and panic attacks. It has helped me but I have one terrible side effect from this medication that has made me decide to stop this medication. MY MEMORY is gone, I can’t remember anything and I’m getting ready to go back to college and I am just so tired of forgetting and not being able to remember nothing. PLEASE email me and let me know if anyone has the same side effects.
I HAVE BEEN ON NEURONTIN FOR A WHILE. I WAS PRESCRIBE THIS MEDICATION,FOR A NERVE PROBLEM. I BEGAN TO FEEL DEPRESS AND VERY SUICIDAL.I TRYED GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT MY MEMORY IS NOT WHAT IT USE TO BE.MY RELATONSHIP WITH MY FAMILY HAS SUFFER A GREAT LOSS, BECAUSE I AM NOT THE PERSON THAT I USE TO BE. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION SUIT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW,THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
I have been taking Neurontin for about 8 months now, to help with anxiety. I take 800 mg. a day, & have found that this shit really works!! Whats the big stink about??
I was perscribed neurontin for head aches 3,000 mg a day I’ve had 3 suicide attemts and was caught all three time. I was a successfull musician and have broke and threw out over $500,000 worth of recording equipment and My girls ring and artwork. I’ve never yell at her or my child and now for the past year are affraid to say good morning. It’s not fair to them and or us. Excuse my spelling I lost that and speach including short term memorie. I hope if there is more like you out there. I think we can over come this, one way or another. All the best TC
While I have a solid diagnosis for MDD, my doctor has not ruled out Bipolar II. I have been on neurontin, 1200 to 1600 mg/day, for about 18 months. Getting off of paxil is its own nightmare (and class-action), but my ability to focus and short term memory loss is decidedly from the neurontin. The memory loss is fairly typical from the people with whom I have communicated. I have “kind of” gotten used to it and my brain seems to have adapted to rerouting thoughts so that my pauses in speech are mostly noticeable to me alone. It is the “why am I blanking on this common word I want to use” syndrome. I guess I will just keep on researching. Where can I find info on the neurontin/suicide nexus?
I have been taking neurontin for almost 2 years. I have had a problem with being very fatigue & my memory is not good at times, also feel very depressed. I ask my Dr. If any of my meds. would cause these problems he said no. But he took me off neurontin a month ago & I feel better without taking it. I saw on T.V. about dangers of neurontin, please inform me about this & law suit againt the company. Thank you.
I have been on neurotin for about 2 years for diabetic neuropothy. It has worked for the pain in my feet and legs, I swore by neurotin, but it is effecting my memory, moods and I am getting more depressed. I satarted out on 300 mg 3 times a day now I am up to 600 mg 3 times a day. My daughter noticed first that I have been getting more depressed all of the time, I go to work and go right home, on the weekends I dont leave my house. THIS IS NOT ME.I dont know what to do because it deffinetly helps the pain.
I was placed on neurontin around 2 years ago for bipolar ii disorder. During the first few months of taking the drug, I noticed a change in my mood that affected me positively. However, before I was placed on neurontin, I handled any type of crisis with a great deal of emotion but had restraint and self control. A few months after I had been taking neurontin, I now realize that it severely effected my reaction to all emotional situations. I became preoccupied with suicidal thoughts and in a period of 10 months attempted suicide 4 times. I lost the ability to retain information in my classes and had previously been a scholar in college and in high school. I lost control of my ability to handle money situations. In addition to all of these things, I managed to alienate and anger my friends and family. I was arrested by the police for invasion and dui because I attempting to get them to shoot me and was drinking in order to crash the car. This drug has helped me to have a police record, lose friends, injure family and friends mentally, lowered my grades, and created a horrible financial crisis. I would greatly appreciate help and support to fight the drug companies and the doctors who allowed this drug to be prescribed to me. If anyone has any additional information on the class action lawsuit, I would love to hear more about it.
I have been on neurontin 300 mgs 4x/day due to a injury with my neck in 1997 by a neurologist that I cannot locate now. I have experienced memory loss and thought it was just stress. I have considered and fought the desire to “end it all” and commit suicide several times, and only because I sought help instead of following through with my plans that I haven’t actually done it. I have suffered from mild to severe boughts of depression and mood swings yet I have been told it was me and not any medications. Because of that diagnosis, I have been in counseling and under psychotherapy as a short term remedy but the same problems eventually flare back up…fatigue, memory loss, depression, thoughts of suicide and severe mood swings. I have been on neurontin since 1997 and I saw a commercial on tv associated with neurontin and suicide, which was a relief that maybe a medicine was perpetuating that and not myself personally. How do I find out more about this situation because my prescription was during the time that this medicine was being promoted…it helps some with the pain I experience but I still have prolonged motor skills problems with my right arm, hand, shoulder and neck, and because I type for a living, the pain gradually comes back-thus I have to take it or I cannot stand the pain at the end of the work day. Please help me get more info.
as u can tell, it has affected my memory because i repeat myself in my text and i have gotten in trouble at work for doing that…
I too can echo some or most of what others have said here. I am in need of information on who iI may contact for legal help in getting in on a Class Action Suite aganist this company. If anyone has any information as to how to find out who may be fighting this case, please e-mail with the information. I would greatly appreciate it.
Kitt dr_khs@yahoo.com
I have been on neurontin for only 1 year now. Prescribed to help with neuralgia pain and tremors, as some of my symptoms of fibromyalgia. In just this years time, I have gone from 200 mgs-3 times a day, to 800 mgs-3 times a day. No help with the pain. It doesn’t come close to touching my pain! But my dosage just keeps going up every time I have an appointment with my neurologist. I can hardly motivate on this high dosage. But that is what he prescribes. No pain medication, because he doesn’t want me to get dependent on them!! Well, imagine that! Now I am stuck on the neurontin, which doesn’t help, and I just can’t quit taking it because of the danger of having seizures! YES. We need a suit against this product! And YES, I want to be a part of it!
Thanks,
LaDonna Miller
1288 S. Hardin Rd.
Harrod, OH 45850
because of neurontin i developed trigimenal neuralgia how do i know? i took it for just short of two months on 8-18-03 i woke up at 3 AM with i thought was a tooth ache. It passed in about 30 min. the nxt day i went to work about 10 am it hit again it was unlike any pain i had ever experienced this was a strange tooth ache. i called my dentist it was a sat. he called i said i was having a really bad tooth ache but really strange. he called a pain med and antibiotic into my pharmacy. i got the prescription filled the next morning after being up about 10 min. it hit again the pills did not help. i called my dr. and discribed the pain he said we’ll have to do some tests but it sounds like tn. every morning i would get up and the pain would hit like a bolt of lightning hitting me in the face over and over for as long as 6 hrs periods of time. i was tested for ms and cleared. so i had tn what was it? how did i get it? why did i get? what had i done different i was prescribed neurontin for herniated disc’s in my neck, could that have caused this i went on the enternet looked neurontin, i saw that it was being used for the treatment of tn if i did’nt have tn then took neurontin and developed tn could it have been the neurontin? i sat and cried for hours at a time the pain was so excuriating i could not touch my face to wipe my face it hurt to bad so i would sit in pain and cry, tears and my nose running down my face. i went to two different neuraligists the first one said he also prescribed neurontin for his tn patients and that i should just bite the bullet at which i told him to bite my @## and never went back. the next one said that he too prescribed neurontin for his tn patients,he put me on a medication that after a week i was gettinf peralisis in my rt. side i was dropping everything when i told him he said most of my female pat. love this med. it makes them lose weight nice trade off i’ll be skinny but parilized on my rt side needless to say i dropped him. i went to my general practioner he put me on tegratol it worked but was eating my white blood cells. i was on a support group website for people with tn i kept seeing that several had, had surgery. i looked up surgeons that specialized in this type of surgery i called one in md i live in fl to make an app. i was told by that off. that the best dr in the world was in gainesville fl i made an app. on 6/16/03 i had brain surgery because of neurontin. how do i know for sure i called the pharmisitcal co park davis pyser and spoke to a pharmisist on staff yes i have her name the date and time i spoke to her i asked could neurontin have caused my tn at first she said there was nothing in the clinical trials that associated tn with neurontin. i was cring i was so angry about the whole thing. she said wait a minute put me on hold for a few seconds then came back she said there are new clinical trials that have not been released and in them facial pain is one of the side effects of neurontin. i asked if she could send them to me she said she would. when i got them they were the old clinical trials. i called again and asked for her i was given to someone else yes i got her name to date and time i was told that those clinical trials could not be released. approx four days later i received a letter from thier attorny saying that i was only to contact her from then on and that parke davis pyser would pay for any medical and dr bills for “what ever may have caused my pain” i’ve been on a one women crusade ever since. i have been in touch with a reporter for ny times she is researching my claim. someone has got to stop this craziness get it off the market. were you aware that they are experimenting with babies as young as 3 months. how as a free country can we allow this to happen. i have talked to people who were prescribed neurontin fir migraines and developed tn, people who had back aches took it now have tn. well thats my story jp
OMG! I have been taking neurontin since about 1995 for a condition in my neck from a car accident. I was had a successful career working for the State of Kansas in Vocational Rehabilitation Services for 11 years. I have not been able to work for about three years. It will be four years in February. All because I am so depressed I cannot hardly get out of bed. I have been suicidal more than once. I have no joy left in my life. My doctors have tried all kinds of depression medications to try and help me but none works for long. If what I read here is true neurontin is responsible for ruining my life! I want to know why the medical community has not come forward with this information. Surely someone knew of this side effect! I say we sue the bastards that made this pill a cure all which it is not!
I took Neurontin for 5 years for an unknown seizure disorder. I became so clinically depressed that I attempted suicide and was hospitalized for a month. Even then nobody ever made the distinction that Neurontin may have caused the problem. Against all doctor’s advice, I took myself off Neurontin and my problems went away. I still suffer from extreme memory loss, migraines, and small painful swelling on my forehead and eyes. Has anyone else experienced this?? The issue now is to prove that Neuronyin caused these problems. I thought for a whole year that I was literally going crazy. I felt like my life was being sucked away and seriously felt like I was losing my mind. I hope someone can give me more information in how I can somehow get something back from this travesty, and move on with my life. I’m sure we all share similar stories and can all identify with these feelings of anger and outrage.
I dont really no where to begin my daughter was first put on nurtion for a moood stablizer I found her on the bthroom floor trying to remove the spotts fron the tile
TO ALL WHO HAVE WRITTEN RE A CLASS ACTION SUIT: I have gotten in contact with a litigation team in DC – I will post any information I get as soon as I get it.
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder three years ago and put on Neurontin – I was already on Paxil (80 mg a day- a sign that my doctor had NO idea what he was doing – but hey, what did I know?). Seven months later I was in a psychiatric facility for attempted suicide. For those of you new on the drug, it takes about 6 months to start screwing up your brain. I got a new shrink who also didn’t read medical journals, and stayed on the Neurontin. Another suicide attempt (BTW – overdosing on Paxil will only make you throw up). I finally have a GREAT doc. I would highly recommend a psychopharmacologist if you can find one in your area. No Paxil, no Neurontin. The meds I’m on still affect my coordination and thought, but it’s a small price to pay for being alive.
My daughter was prescribed neurontin 600mg.x4 a day. For bi-polar disorder in 1999. Emily was seventeen years of age.
After one week on neurontin. I found Emily on the bathroom floor. Emily was trying to pick the specks off the tiled floor. When I asked her what she was doing? She said I didn’t know. But the specks have to come off!
After one week she started to have mood swings, personality changes, headaches, aggression, violent, hallucinatinting, disoriented, and she wanted off the drug.
Emily took herself off neurontin after weeks. She flushed them down the toilet. After a week without neurontin she started feeling more normal. It took her a month to the way she did before starting neurontin.
My son was prescribed neurontin in 2001. By another doctor his shrink. It was prescribed for his ADHD and headaches. 600mg. 2x aday.
After a week of taking neurontin. Trace started he started breaking windows at home, knocking holes in the walls, cutting his arms and wrist with glass, knives, or anything that would cut him, and his head hurt all the time.
He told his doctor how he was feeling after a month. The doctor increased his dosage to 600mg. x3 a day.
Trace mood swings, headaches, self- inflected wounds, aggression, and behavior patterns increased with the higher dosage of neurontin.
His grades were failing at the age of sixteen. Lost focus, short memory loss, suicide attempts several times a day, with the feeling of no reason to live.
He was addicted to neurontin and he couldn’t go without neurontin for his headaches became worse! Trace would say that his head was pounding intensively and have to take his dosage so his head wouldn’t hurt as bad. His headaches were more intense being on neurontin. His social life was terrible!
Trace has been on neurontin from 2001 to October 2003. His doctor insisted that his had to take the drug. Trace refused and is now lowing his dose to be neurontin free. His behavior is still affected by neurontin.
I wonder if I will ever have my son back to the way his was before neurontin destroyed and took him far away from himself, family , and friends?
Now comes myself. I have RSD, nerve damage of my left arm. I went to a medical pain specialist in 2-10-2003. I had to sign a agreement to follow his instructions only.
The specailist give me a dosage of 600mg. 12x a day for relief of pain. My behavior started changing after a week. I became aggrassive, suicidal, wanted to hurt people, I actually attacked my daughter with a knife and cut her throat and was going for her stomach, the knife was taking from my hand from her friends. I probably would have been up on murder charges if i wasn’t stopped!
My whole life was turned upside down. I told the pain specialist and he increased my dosage to 600mg. 24 x a day.
~~Look Out ò¿ò ~~ Now I was a totally out of control ! I lost my friends and almost killed my family. I also tried to kill myself and was in the physic ward for seven days.
The doctors at the hospital said the dosage was way to high. They lowered my dosage to 16 600mgs. a day.
I realized I need to come off neurontin. It was so hard. I couldn’t handle the pain and withdrawls I suffered during this ordeal. Which took over a three months.
Needless to say I changed doctors. I have now been neurontin free for two months. I never want to take or would advise anyone to take neurontin. It never did take away my pain and only created other medcial disorders.
Please! If anyone has any imfomation on the CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NEURONTIN EMAIL ME!
I’m not sure how long I’ve been on Neurontin, 8-10 months now I think. My concern is my most recent experience. I didn’t have enough money for my co-pay to pick up my prescription – Neurontin and Topomax so I hadn’t taken my meds for well over two weeks. The first week was fine, I didn’t feel a thing. I slept well which was the biggest concern of mine since these drugs knock me out. The second week was completely different. Although I could sleep, the body aches were tremendous! I have never felt so much pain in my muscles. I have horrendous headaches, severe memory loss – but the one thing that just surfaced was the feeling that I was myself again. I’m not sure if that makes sense to folks, but I felt like the old me (along with excruciating pain). I’m back on it. It was prescribed for my bipolar II or episodic depression – the jury is still out on what I’m suffering with and I’m terrified of slipping into another depression so I’m back on it. I do notice that upon taking it after having been off it for some time, that I have “brain buzzes”, is that common? My heart goes out to all who have suffered from the ill-effects of this drug – I truly understand, and I worry about the long term effects of a drug that is so widely prescribed for such dramatically different illnesses. Where does one begin to work against the company that promotes this drug so haphazardly?
I know how it feels to be on Neurontin. I am a 19 year old college student. But my senior year in high school was a living hell due to the drug. At the beginning of the year I was having muscle pains in my legs. I was recommended to a neurologist. He put me on Neurontin at 600 mg doses 3x a day, to control the pain. It didn’t help. It made it worse, gave me severe spike headaches, and I had mood swings. I would be violent against my brothers and depressed most of the time. Which isn’t like me at all. I am usually a very happy, non-violent person. Later I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Again the neurologist kept me on the Neurontin. The symptoms only got worse. I missed nearly 100 days out of the school year because of the drug. I only passed because I was home schooled and got what minimum work I needed done. But I barely did that. My parents helped me. I was too out of it, too depressed to even care. There were times that I wondered why was I even alive. I had no use. The pain was so bad, perhaps if I killed myself, the world would be a better place. That is not at all like me. I enjoy life to the fullest always have. I am glad a lawsuit may go against them. No one needs to have their lives screwed over. And No one needs their last year of high school messed up either. That’s something I will never get back all because of Neurontin.
I have been on neurotins for over 5 yrs for pain,, since my accident,, I have been suicidal,, most depressed,, an very disfunctional,, costing me my family,, marriage,, an my life,,WHY would drs, not check into meds more carefully ,, not caring about patients whose lifes they are entrusted with??? annie
I have seen commercials on TV for a class action suit against Neurontin. Has anyone received any information from the law firm ? They never contacted me.
Please someone email me with the number of the class-action law suit about neurontin and suicide.
shad
shadbris@comcast.net
those of you who took neurontin and had no side effects are so lucky you don’t know how lucky. this medication is lethal and the way it is used has got ot be stoped. i do not have epelipsy never had it but that is what neurontin was developed for and i guess it works for that. but think about epilepsy its a nerve condition severe at that. if you don’t have a severe nerve condition and are prescribed neurontin what does it do to the nerves of a person without epilepsy or ms? if you take it, come off slowly don’t just stop thats what i did. i sujest to anyone taking it for anything other than epilepsy or ms talk to your dr. but don’t be sirprised when they say there is no connection because they probable prescribe it for off market uses too. after all they make big money from parke davis physer experimenting on us. if they say they don’t, ask them about conferemces in aspen where they took thier family and skied staying in a very exclusive lodge being waited on hand and foot. those are called incentives to push a drug that no one knows for sure what it will do to us. and the dr’s do what they are paid to do push the drug whatever it might be this month. am i bitter damn right i had brain surgery because i took neurontin it effected my nervious system and allmost took my life the pain was so bad i almost killed myself rather than wake up one more morning with “THE PAIN” larry w. and dawn good luck i hope you never know what this medication is capable of its a monster just waiting to kill someone and i’m not being dramatic as i said i had brain surgery directly associated to neurontin parke davis physer told me this was fact. but would not send me conformation because those “clinical trial’s could not be released” someone please protect us from the large pharmicutical company’s it’s time to let them know that between thier dr’s and lawyer’s we still have a voice.
I was put on neurontin back in 2000 for anxiety and bipolar i have since been suffering with dizzy spells and put in the hospital to find out what was causing them I do have ms but the mri showed that that wasnt what was causing the dizzy spells and the pain in my neck after i came out of the hospital with no answer as to what is causing my dizzy spells my pshychiatris would not see me anymore because i went to another doctor which was a neuroligist that i was going to before him for my ms and he was trying to find out what was causing the dizzy off balnced feeling i cant drive most of the time i feel like i am going to pass out and nobody knows what is wrong? If anyone knows how to go about this class action lawsuit please e-mail me back with the information i would very much appreciate it. Thank You and Good Luck
I read this site every nite hopping to get some info. on a class action suit. I have signed up on several sites but have not heard anything from them. There seem to be so many of us we need to stick together and do something. I’m encluding my e-mail add. Please feel free to contact me with any information that you may come accross. I know that there are a lot more of us out there they just have’nt put it together yet. Parke Davis Physer is really tring to cover all of this up. My best advice is to read, read, read everything you can about neurontin, its side effects etc.
try pal@prescriptionaccesslitigation.org
To all of you who are describing memory problems, I have documented testing that proves I now have problems with the memory/cognitive functions I described. It appears that the neurontin damaged the Central Auditory Processing part of my brain.
(I was only on neurontin a short time, but was started at a very high dosage, and was on morphine at the same time, and was abrutply taken off the drug)
There was nothing wrong with my mind before the drug.
I have had every test(I felt like a lab rat) that my Doctors could think of (including a liver biopsy) to try to blame my problems on something else. Every test was negative. I was even sent to a psychiatrist (Ican’t spell either) Luckily, I got a really good psychiatrist, and he confirmed these problems were not phychological, but had a physical cause. He got me into speech therapy, an audiologist who specilized in auditory processing testing, and a good psychologist who has done extensive nueropsychological testing, that show which part of my brain no longer works. He also got me some GOOD councelling to help me deal with the drastic changes in my life and to keep me grounded. I am very fortunate, I have a very loving and supportive family, even when I am difficult. and some days are very bad.
One of the things to be aware of is that I can no longer concentrate or absorb information when there is background noise, or alot of conversations at once, this results in mix ups, confusion and frustration for all of us. I am trying to be aware of these things and leave the room, use ear plugs in public, and count to ten and try to think before I react to situations I find confusing and frustrating, particularly when dealing with my children and husband.
I also find it difficult to accept help to do things that I used to take for granted. But accepting my situation has gone a long way towards understanding what has happened to me and helping me to deal with it on a daily basis. It is exhausting, lots of days I am in bed for the night by 7, and I have to have frequent naps, but I still can think and reason, and try to creat situations in which I can find enjoyment in new ways. I hope this may help someone out there. If you have any other “coping” ideas lets share them.
Of course it is possible for certain people to take neurontin and not be effected in the same way it seems to attach the nervous system, people have different reactions to the same drugs all the time thats why they have clinical trials to find out how it effects people differently. The thing with neurontin was that they did not do all the clinical trial they should have. They started touting it as a cure all for everything, not knowing nor caring how it would effect you and I. The truth is corp. didn’t care they just saw a chance to become even richer as of now over 3 billion on neurontin and a lot of people very badly hurt.
I have been on Neurontin for 4 years for arachnoiditis of the lumbar spine. I started at 300 mgs 3x day and am now up to 1200 mgs 3x day. It has been a god send since this disease has no known cure and caused among other things debiliting pain. But I have also gained 120 lbs., have NO short term memory and have had a ringing and numbness in my right ear. Now I know why. Any help with a Class Action Suite in New Jersey would help
I saw the commerical on TV, but did not get the phone number to call. Can anyone give it to me?
I was taking neurontin and sufferd from depression, mood swings, memory loss and many thoughts of suicide. I am off the drug now and doing much better!
I have the FDA adverse event data in my posession and have been analyzing it for Neurontin adverse events. If anyone is interested in discussing my results, send me an e-mail to altmanm@optonline.net
Keith, about the FDA averse reaction data, I tried to e-mail you but my email was returned to me. Can you post on this site where we can get this info ? Thank you Wendy
I have been on Neurontin since the early part of 2003. It was prescribed to me for nerve pain as I have a RSD condition. I started with 300 MG and my neurologist put me up to 1600 MG. I really struggled with this drug and increasing the dosage. It does help with my pain and my sleep at night. The downside is the depression that I am now suffering, extreme mood swings, memory loss both short and long term, NOT WANTING TO LIVE and my vision has really deterioted since I started taking this drug.I want off the drug and it is now making sense to me why I am so depressed, feeling worthless and not wanting to live. I can only hope by getting off this drug, that I won’t have permanent damage to my brain. People…really think about this drug before you begin taking and do a thorough research. When prescribed to me, I was told that it was for epilespy/seizures etc. however both the Dr. and the Pharmacist say they have good results for people with nerve pain. I beg to differ when considering the other problems associated with this drug.
Thank you J.P. for the phone number and web site for litigation on Neurontin. I’ve been taking it for almost 5 yrs. now. Diagnosed w/ Bipolar II, I was started out w/small dosages as most folks are, but my dosage went as high as 4800 mg/day! I was begging the doctor to let me try an anti-depressant because I still felt depressed, but the doctor just kept on increasing the Neurontin. I had never had a manic episode, only depression, yet the doctor thought an anti-depressant “might bring on a manic episode”….huh?. I’ve since changed doctors, and am now down to 2400 mg/day, and taking Wellbutrin and Lexapro for depression. What a difference! I’m not walking around in a fog anymore. My new doctor has encouraged me to slowly drop the dosage of Neurontin a bit more to see what happens, but I’m finding it difficult. I had a sneaking suspicion that this stuff is addictive. I am interested in the long term effects of usage, and am a little frightened by what I’ve read here today. I’ll keep checking for new information. Thanks, Lisa
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