Comments on: Pfizer Prepares for Possible Rezulin and Neurontin Settlements

By: ray

ray — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:42:15 +0000

i was on neurotin a few years i took 7 one night was always depressed and didnt know why i started leaning towards alcihol i cant seem to remember any thing now from takeing that stuff also my liver started bothering me and i was tripping over my floor when i would take it i had foot serjury and my dr put me back on it again. my liver was being imflamed he said stop takeing it…. ever sence i started takeing it back in2000 ive had lots of problems copeing with things and i was hurting really bad in my side at my rib cage on the right.i had test done it said i had a fatty imflamed liver . so i stopped takeing the meds and im still hurting.

By: gerrie austin

gerrie austin — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:28:01 +0000

i was on Neurontin since the 2002. I had a stroke and one of the drugs to help me with the pain was supposedly Neurontin. I noticed my hair was falling out, so much so you’d think I was on radiation. It really started to fall out in late 2003. I had my primary and my rehab doctor both tell me is was something like stress or Iron. I took some Iron supplements for 6 months. It didn’t do anything at all. My hair was still falling out. One by one I got rid of all the drugs that were in my system that I felt were not doing anything to me. That left me with the Neurontin. Through my own initiave I looked into the Neurontin side affects. There it was all along. I also noticed I had other side affects I felt were the result of the stroke like the feeling of off-balanced, light headedness, dizziness and anger.

But it turns out this was all because of the Neurontin I was taking. I have since taken myself off of it

By: phyllis cook

phyllis cook — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:45:07 +0000

Please be aware of all side effects after taking Neurontin. My 80 yr. father had taken neurontin for over two yr’s when he committed suicide on 4/18/2003. He took his service revolver and shot thru his head. He had deep depression, severe mood swings, would fall all over the house when on this medication. He had to have his kidney removed for cancer on 5/09/ 2002. I fully believe it was due to the neurontin also. It’s a horrible drug and I wish the makers of it had to go to the funeral of the families and see the hurt they have caused. No amount of money can bring back my best friend, and my wonderful father.

By: staci

staci — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:48:22 +0000

my stepdad has went damn near crazy from this medication (neurontin)he has attempted suicide and has even made me have to call the law in fear he was going to kill my mother due to his dillusional thinking she was having an affair with his friend.as i started learning over everyone else’s stories i started to realize how serious his problem was and how 27,000 people have actually killed themselves from this crap. his side effects were so bad he was seeing and hearing things that werent there he couldn’t even remember where he would be going just walking thru the house. he had terrifying outbursts of anger fits of rage and feeling of such low self worth he didn’t wanna live anymore he suffered terrible backpain severe headaches shaking of his hands confusion 80% of the time he was not my stepdad but became a ticking timebomb waiting to explode every nite i wondered if my mom was gonna make it thru the night not only was she on the way to a nervous breakdown but she as well feared for her safety, waking up to having him cutting of locks of her hair or the scissors to her neck. ( their bedroom had become an auxilary of weapons (swords and guns) about 60 in all )after i relized my stepdad was suffering severly and his side effects were driving him insane i rushed all these papers of everyone else’s stories over to my mom’s and began to go over them with her she was so happy to relize my stepdad wasn’t crazy and if was taken off this crap she would have that sweet man she married back we began to explain to him all this pain he was having (he was almost crippled) he walked like he was 80 all due to neurontin and that he wasn’t losing his mind but just dealing with side effects due to the fact he was taking it for neuropathy and it was never even approved for it .that’s what i want to know how can they legally prescribe it to people? they were using my stepdad and many others as a guinea pig and the people i care most about almost had to die! i am so angry how do we find a lawyer in florida .?the good news is my stepdad took hiself off hiself two days ago i am worried now how his outcome will be even though i seen him as “almost hiself” today i am very proud of him and i pray for all the families suffering i want justice i just need a little support and suggestions thank you for listening please email me with any help i think the main thing is to go to whoever is suffering from this and reassure them of their sanity and help them by other stories that deep down inside they are still themselves and how hopeful their future will be and help them get off it however they can .it is working for us so far it made me so happy to say look at all these other people’s stories your not going insane (they really feel they are)your gonna be ok

By: brenda Lovering

brenda Lovering — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 03:07:58 +0000

I recently been diagnos of recurrent of breast cancer-stage 4. My first occurance was l5years ago-had double masectomy and chemo therapy. due to the very aggressive chemo and radtion I develope severe neurophy in my hand,feet,and legs. It is very painful and progressively gets worse thru the end of day. I am very concern with all the medications that have prescribe due to extreme swelling of hands and feet to the point I am unable to wear most of my shoes.please help explain the side effects that nurantin possible has

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:09:33 +0000

I have been told I have Fibromyalgia. recently I changed Noroligist and the new one said she thinks it could be something else. Test show my one eye is not dialiating properly, The puple gets bigger when you shine light in it. I was on Neurotin for about 2 years. I have the leg burning and thrashing at night. I have the arm, neck, hand leg, feet pain. My vision keeps getting worse, I have graves. I have had the very bad go the the EM headaches. I have had a MRA, MRI, catscan, I am due to have A MRV. I have had EGG. Nothing to be found. Alot of my pain is weather realated. My neck and Jaw always hurts. I am 39 years old and trying to be a mom of 2 little boys. This is very hard on my marriage. I am lucky to have a good one. Could this of been the drug?

By: Jason Conley

Jason Conley — Mon, 23 May 2005 19:55:06 +0000

I have been on this damn stuff since Oct. of 2000. My doctor put me on it to help with my diabetic neuropathy and my health has done nothing but go down hill since then. I’m a police officer and it has really affected my job performance. I’m tired all the time, I have horrible memory loss, In Jan of 03 I had to have almost all of my teeth removed because they were just breaking off and I’ve never had teeth problems. I have gastric freeze which only allows me to eat one meal a day. (not good for a diabetic) I can only sleep about 5 hours a day and I’m back up again… Suicide thoughts every once in a while that just come out of nowhere. The list goes on and on….but the worse part of it all is that I’m only 31 years old!!!! I feel like I’m about 70 (no offense to any older people whom might read this) My best friend is a lawyer and she is going to handle my case. Screw that class action stuff, I’m going after them om my own!!! And good luck the everyone out there.

By: kenneth brennan

kenneth brennan — Wed, 04 May 2005 05:32:35 +0000

i was placed on neurontin about three years ago by a doctor i was referred to because she was an expert in straightening out patients who were on numerous medicines that were conflicting and causing adverse reactions. after about three months on neurontin one night i leeped out of bed and ran across the room in my sleep and inpalled myself on a coat tree with 9″ hooks on it.the hook tore my left cheekbone before it entered into my left eye. at this point i woke up with the hook inbedded deep in my eye and stuck there. after yelling for my wife iwas able to yank the coat tree from my eye but as i pulled it out i tore up the whole left side of my nose. being 0n coumadin i was bleeding profusely from my left cheek,nose and eye. when i ran to the bathroom to check out the damage i couldn’t see my eye in the mirror so i told my wife to try and find my eye on the floor. unable to find my eye she drove me to the hospital. after emergency surgery i was told my eye was still in my socket but that i seriously damaged it by deflatting the globe. i also damaged my sinuses by the hook entering through the eye ball all the way into my sinuses. i had to be treated by a plastic surgeon for my cheek and badly damaged nose. i have under gone six eye surgeries but unfortunetly i can’t see anything out of my left eye. who do i blame for this accident? WAS IT AN ACCIDENT? DID THE DOCTOR THAT PUT ME ON NEURONTIN KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DRUG OR WAS SHE SOLD BILL OF GOODS ON NEURONTIN? DID SHE GET EXTRA MONEY FROM THE DRUG CO. TO PUSH NEURONTIN? ALL I KNOW IS I’M THE INJURED PERSON. WHO DO I GO TO TO GET MY SIGHT BACK? WHO HAS TO PUT 14 DROPS IN MY EYE EVERY DAY SO AS TO MINIMIZE THE PAIN AND ALLOW ME TO NOT HAVE MY EYE SURGICALLY REMOVED? BEFORE I TOOK NEURONTIN I HAD SIGHT IN MY LEFT EYE, MY FACE WAS NOT SCARRED AND PEOPLE DID NOT STARE AT MY GROSSLY DISCOLORED LEFT EYE.BEFORE I TOOK NEURONTIN I DID NOT WALK IN MY SLEEP AND CERTAINLY DID NOT RUN IN MY SLEEP.SINCE I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED NEURONTIN AFTER MY ACCIDENT I HAVE NOT WALKED IN MY SLEEP NOR HAVE I RAN IN MY SLEEP. WHO CAN HELP ME GET TO THE RIGHT ATTORNEY? WHO KNOWS OF ANYBODY WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ACCIDENT WHILE ON NEURONTIN.? E-MAIL ME. THANK YOU

By: George L

George L — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:43:37 +0000

May be helpful, from another post:

I have indeed found a lawyer, but he only handles cases that involve suicidal deaths from the medications or suicide attempts. He is in NJ and has over 200 clients, half of which are families of dead loved ones.

You can reach them this way.

Harris L. Pogust

email: hpogust@sskrplaw.com

Cuneo, Pogust & Mason

200 Barr Harbor Drive

Suite 400

West Conshohocken, PA 19428

(610)941-2938

Your best bet is to call this phone number and talk to Mr. Pogust’s paralegal, Ellen Reardon or email her at ereardon@sskrplaw.com

By: sue smith

sue smith — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:34:28 +0000

Or forget also doctor wants me to check out ritulin not sure spelling something for fatigue to give me more energy? thought this is for ADHD or soemthing What is this one. BOy they got me so confused/sue smith Isnt Ritulin under a Hot SPot also for side effects.ANy advice sue smith