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• Rhonda & Mike Williamson // Aug 25, 2004 at 5:16 pm

  My husband and I have both been on neurotin for over a year. We live in Florida, how can we be apart of the law suit just filed in Miami-Dade county? Please call us at 850-894-0414

• Terry Evans // Sep 23, 2004 at 8:36 am

  I have been taking neurontin for approximatly for three year for neurapathy as well. It really agers me to know that I have taking this medication for something in which is was never intended. and never aproved for by the FDA. I have suffered ill side effects from the drug. such as vivid drerams and depression, headache and attempted suicide.

• Dan Cox // Sep 23, 2004 at 8:09 pm

  I need a Neurotin Attorney in Alabama. I was placed on the drug for 2-3 years. Suffered from memory loss, and severe depression.

• Andrea Williams // Sep 24, 2004 at 12:50 pm

  I was on Neurontin for over a year, and felt terrible. My husband and I almost got a divorce because of what it was doing to me. I would love to get more information about the law suite, because it was a very difficult time for us.

• Linda Hall // Sep 30, 2004 at 9:20 am

  I been on this meds. for long time and I really tired of filling strange.I’m diabetic for the last 3 to 4 years.I been taking this med.please help me.

• Sandra Nelson // Sep 30, 2004 at 4:19 pm

  I am taking neurotin for leg pain.

  I have been on neurotin for over a 2 years. I live in Alabama, how can I be apart of the law suit just filled? Please e-mail me.

• Kimberly Andrews // Sep 30, 2004 at 5:10 pm

  I took Neurontin in Cali for neuropathy/pain for 18 monthes. Didnt work! I had heart problems, apnea, suicidal, severely depressed, balance off, severe headaches, unstable legs and even fell twice this yr which caused other injuries and many many other side affects. I need an atty and wish very much to be included in this lawsuit. Call me at 909-336-5632 or P.O. Box 802 Twin Peaks Ca 92391

• Linda Belcher // Oct 1, 2004 at 8:48 pm

  I was prescribed neurotin a year ago for diabetic neurapathy, leg tremors and leg pain caused by a stroke. Headaches, bad dreams depression. I live in Georgia, is there an attorney to help in Georgia

• Linda Banda // Oct 5, 2004 at 3:24 pm

  My doctor put me on Neurotin today for neuropathic pain, should I or should I not take it? email me at bandalinda@aol.com

• Tandy Braid // Oct 6, 2004 at 10:27 am

  My mother-in-law was prescribed both Oxycontin, Neurontin and Paxil. We found her dead after a week of these combined drugs. We believe the drugs caused confusion on her part as to when and how much of the drugs she ingested. Still my children, ages 2 & 4 will never know their grandmother!Could the combination of these drugs caused her to lose track of her medication times and amounts? I know that they affect the serotonin levels in the brain, but could they be responsible for her death?

• SHannon Levy // Oct 11, 2004 at 6:04 pm

  I also took Neurontin for several years for bipolar symptoms. I tried to comit suicide several times. I would love to be part of the Florida class suit. Please contact me.

• Debi Lyda // Oct 15, 2004 at 1:41 pm

  my memory is so bad now i take my pills then i cant remeber if i took them or not,i fall into walls, but i have sciatica and the pain is so bad that i think of suicide so i dont know if the neurotin causes the depression or not but i have homacidal thoughts and a bad temper now i never have had before, i daydream about killing the workers comp. nurse who enjoys tortureing me.workers comp. dr. is terrible and im only allowed to go to there dr.s i want to kill them too……..please contact me if there is a lawyer in oklahom

• Ken // Oct 15, 2004 at 6:47 pm

  My pain doctor had me on oxycontin and then he put me on neurontin because my feet burn and I could not sleep.After I took them for awhile I felt really weird and depressed,so I stopped taking them.At my next visit I told my Dr. this and also that I quit taking themHe insisted I take them,any way I started falling alot and my memory became terrible and I started have bad nose bleeds.Does this sound like problems caused by neurontin and is there a law suit in Ga. where I live? thanks ken

• john watford // Oct 20, 2004 at 2:39 pm

  bipolar 1 took neurontin for 11 years

  numerous suicide attempts had stomack pumped over thirty baker acts

• Joan // Oct 20, 2004 at 5:48 pm

  HELP SHANNON….Shannon is a 22 year old woman who was prescribed this medication. She had not one but several suicide attempts. Her only insurance is medicaid. She also has cystic fibrosis. The commonwealth of massachusetts wont admit her to a proper mental health facility always claiming gov’t cuts. Shannon will one day succeed in her attempts at suicide, she is a beautiful young lady and she needs help. If there is an attorney in Massachusetts willing to talk to her, please, please, email me so I can have Shannon get in touch with you. Thank You

• Art Reid // Nov 1, 2004 at 11:51 pm

  I was prescribed Neurontin for back pain from spinal stenosis and numbing of my feet. I was taking this drug for three years and suffer from severe loss of memory and loss of balance.

  I would like to know how I become a part of this Neurontin class action suite? I can be reached at 845-838-1563

• john strain // Nov 2, 2004 at 3:07 am

  hi my wife has mental illness she has bipolar she was on neurotin for awhile she has had tried to comit sucide maney times and ever since she took the drug her memorie has been very bad i can not find any one handeling this in pennsylvania dose anyone know how i can look in to this because her illness has gotten worse ever since she was on that drug right now she has been in the hospital for the past 5 mounths i miss my wife

• Candace & Jennifer Parnell // Nov 5, 2004 at 11:17 am

  My daughter Jennifer was originally prescribed Neurotin several years ago by her psychiatrist for a bipolar and post traumatic stress disorder. She had been in several auto accidents injuring and reinjuring her back. The pain doctors increased the Neurotin to 1600 mg a day. She ran low grade temps, night sweats, vomiting, diarrhea, and felt like she had a the flu. She would tell this to the doctor on each visit but it did not seem to sink in. At the same time she was on Seraquil, pain meds and Ambien to sleep at night. Then she went off pain meds and they were substituted for non narcotic medications. She suffered her first grand mal seizure in Dec of 2002 and stopped breathing. She was transported to the hospital. The neurologist at first thought it was from her stopping the Seroquil. She continued to have seizures, 3 grand mal within 2 hours all with garbled speech prior to. When she stopped taking the Neurotin the seizures stopped, if Neurotin showed up in her meds we had not found and flushed she would have 3 seizures within 2 hours. She even had a full blown seizure while in her Rehab Psychiatrists office and they called 911 and sent her to Shands ER in Gainesville. They dropped her as a patient following the seizure. She saw neurologists each time following the seizures in office follow up and did not drive for over a year. I searched high and low and finally flushed every Neurotin she had ever been given and completed that in March of 2003. While in Ohio with a friend in February she took a Neurotin in error and you guessed had a grand mal seizure, fell and hit her head on a large metal chain and a metal trailer hitch striking her head. Paramedics were called because of the way she fell and cut her head. She suffered short term memory loss which lasted approximately 6 months. Since then she has had NO seizures, she has had no night sweats, low grade fevers, flu like symptoms, hallicunations, hearing voices, or thinking someone is in the next room when they are not. This drug kept her in bed for close to a year she felt so bad with the contraindications the doctors paid no attention to. My husband and I paid for the drug prior to finding out the drug company would provide it if my daughter was unable to afford it. How can we be part of this law suit? We live in North Florida, please call us at 386-326-9100.

• Sallie // Nov 6, 2004 at 11:35 am

  My husband has been under pain management for 30 years. This year, we moved to Georgia. The doctor prescribe Neurotin for my husband to take. He has lost his ability to walk without assistance. Also, he suffers depression, has mood swings, is easliy irritable, has night sweets, feels awful. I have complained to the doctor and I told him that I think it has been caused by the Neurontin. It suggest that he takes it at night. He still has problems. He did not have these problems before, only when he started taking the Neurontine. I would like to get involved. I had to rush my husband to the hospital because he becme unconscious, and I have missed worked because the drug side affects.

  We live in Georgia. Is there any help here?

• Rita Bailey // Nov 12, 2004 at 1:39 pm

  I have seizures and I have been taking this medication and i have tried to commit suicide and, i have pains from this such as my brain hurting, my legs going numb and headaches all the time. 678-522-2237Cell or home # 770-854-6778

• Thompson B Crane Jr // Nov 13, 2004 at 7:22 am

  I thought I was alone on how I felt when I took this stuff. It was prescribed for nerve pain, at first I was “lost” but told by my pharmacist that it take a couple of weeks to get rid of that feeling. So I delayed taking the second dose dailey. When I did, I felt like I was on a chair by myself in a field and didn’t give a damn if the world blew up around me. I got scared because I never had thought about my demise on such a level. The turning point came on election night 11/2 when I mentioned a voting fact and my wife told me to stop taking the medicine because it’s effecting my judgement/intelligence. The next day I went back the the pharmacy and spoke to another pharmacist who told me to back off the second dose and have the DR. prescribe a smaller dose. I called the DR.’s office and unable to speak with the DR. told his nurse that I was no longer going to take this medicine and the reasons why. I’ve not heard back from him at all! Scary!

• Joanna // Nov 14, 2004 at 4:18 pm

  Does anyone else have m.s and thats why they say your having those side effects? I haven’t been on it for a year but I can’t remember nothing can someone please let me know.

• Karen Murray // Nov 16, 2004 at 7:11 am

  I have been on Neurontin for over years. Funny how you wish you could describe how you feel taking this. I was not aware of any of these side affects/problems that everyone is describing here. I had to see it on T.V. As I was sitting here, so depressed and wondering what in hell is happening to me. Memory problems, thoughts of suicide, feeling hopeless,

  weak, where everyday is like a battle to get through.

  I live in New york and would like further information on this. Why isn’t there a recall?

• Veronica Fry // Nov 17, 2004 at 11:35 pm

  I have RSD (mva 1/92) and in 98 was diagnosed with Fibroyalgia. In 2000 I injured my left foot, the cut healed but the foot still was blackening 3 months later. I had a nerve block and Neurontin began. Last month I was told I have secondary progressive MS. I asked my Dr if the neurontin is responsible for demylination…she said she had not heard of this. I am still on it 900mg three times a day, with othe meds too, but none for the MS. How many others have this??? I was prescribed this for pain and the neuropathy.

• ELAINE WHITE // Nov 19, 2004 at 9:22 am

  i WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS SOMEONE I CAN CONTACT REGARDING THE NEURONTON DRUG CASE. I HAD BEEN ON THE DRUG FOR 4 YEARS AND NOW I AM HAVING NARROWING OF MY BLOOD VESSELS IN MY NECK AND EYE AREA. I AM SURE THAT THIS DRUG CAUSED THIS.

• Patricia Jones // Nov 20, 2004 at 3:16 pm

  I suffer from neuropathic pain in both arms, hands, and my face. Neurontin was prescribed for this pain, and does help, but I have developed many of the side effects I have been reading about, including depression, violent dreams, memory problems, balance problems, severe headaches, and many times a general feeling of confusion as if my brain just can’t process something. I would like more information on the class action suit regarding this medication. Please contact me by e-mail, or call 859/987-6614

• William Ramirez // Nov 21, 2004 at 8:15 pm

  I have been on Neurontin for several years for neurapaty, muscle and body pain. Before taking the medication I could not even sleep, not even with sleeping pills. I deliberately take a small dosage, as I have always been afraid of having liver problems. I take one pill at night - 600mgs. It has been suggested that I up the dosage but I have always resisted. Two years ago I was hospitalized in New York for heart attack symptoms which began while attending a concert with my son. I was at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for four days, but everything tested negative, and my stress test was good. However my symptoms had been very real, very severe, and I remember feeling as if I was leaving my body after feeling chest pain and tightness. I also experienced a drenching a cold sweat and felt as though I needed to throw up. At the time I thought this was due to not having taken my Neurontin that evening. I soon discarded that thought, and the incident remained unexplained.

  For the past several months I have inexplicably been feeling very depressed, crying at the slightest situation and for no apparent reason. Given that I have been taking a low dosage of Neurontin there is probably no relation, however I cannot help think that there might be, given how this has all developed.

  I was originally looking into Vioxx since I had taken Vioxx prior to my hospitalization, and still have not been able to explain my hospitalization. But, a heart attack was never confirmed, and I cannot help but come back to Neurontin. What is worse is that I feel that the medication helps my pain and does something to allow me to sleep.

  If there are any thoughts about this matter, it will be appreciated.

• Chase Patton // Nov 23, 2004 at 5:03 pm

  I had been prescribed Neurontin about 2-3 years ago for Bi-Polar Disorder. I am still currently taking it & probably the most noticeable side effect is memory loss. I live in Washington…does anyone have info on actions taking place in this state because of the fraudulent promotion of Neurontin as a treatment for Bi-Polar Disorder?

• Wayne Boyce // Nov 25, 2004 at 7:39 pm

  My husband has been taking Neurotin for 1 year as a pain medication. He has been getting very forgetful. He takes Klonpin for depression and how we are hearing that Neurotin causes depression. He has burning and itchy feet. He is scared to drive and forgets where he has been. He doesn’t like to be home alone. We live in Michigan and would like to know if their is a lawyer handling a Neurotin case. Please get back with us via e-mail.

• sandra // Nov 26, 2004 at 6:06 pm

  i too have been on nuerontin for about a yr. now.i had my spine untethered in jan o4.i am definitely experiencing loss of memory and balance.i also feel worthless at times.help!send info please

• S Stoneleigh // Nov 29, 2004 at 6:44 am

  Does anyone know what’s going on here in Canada, ie. re class action lawsuits. Canadians appear to be oblivious to this entire story. I know for a fact that Neurontin is being prescribed here for pain not related to shingles. I was told this by a gynaecologist. Does anyone know if Canada has approved it for these uses?? If not, I guess we, here in Canada, are now being used as the guinea pigs.

  Best of luck to you all with this suit.

• J Benally // Nov 29, 2004 at 10:38 am

  I can’t remember how long I was on Neurontin for, in fact, I can’t remember much from when I was on Neurontin. I took 900mg 3x a day. I remember falling a lot and in the morning, having to lie in bed for nearly an hour before it was safe for me to get up. I went through a serious depression and after reading these comments it all makes sense. Is there a lawsuit in Arizona?

• stephen hogan // Nov 30, 2004 at 11:05 am

  I saw this on tv along with vioxx.. what is this all about….

• Angie Rico // Dec 1, 2004 at 8:35 am

  I live in Mississippi and my mother took neurontin for 5 years for pain after suffering from a stroke. My mother passed away in 2001 from kidney problems. Is there an attorney in MS that could tell me if I could be part of the lawsuit on behalf of my mother?

• Lorraine // Dec 1, 2004 at 6:46 pm

  I was On neurontin for 3 yrs for bipolar disorder.i have sever memory problem balance problems and the list goes on .my Dr took me off then cold turkey 3 weeks ago.do I have a case?

• mauricette // Dec 2, 2004 at 5:45 pm

  hi i am on the drug neurontin along with other medication and wonder if anyone else is taking other medication that may help promote these side affects i too began feeling strange and have had a hard time with memory processing i am also very tired all the time and i have a 6 year old to chase around. do not know what to do because i also have neuropathic pain in my left foot due to back surgery i just recently had.

• Patricia Ghorbanlu // Dec 3, 2004 at 9:11 am

  Ihave taken neurnotin for 3 years.I have had severe memory loss and balance problemsand have fallen many times,broken bones arms,legs and even sufferd a bad head injury.I am in need of help and is there a lawyer to help in pensacola florida? help 1800mgs a day

• sandy boatman // Dec 3, 2004 at 9:11 pm

  i have been on neurontin for about 2 years. i also have suffered from balance problems and memory loss. this drug was perscribed for the fibromyalga and arthritis pain. I live in California and would like more information re: class action suit

• Kathy Minteer // Dec 10, 2004 at 8:02 am

  Please contact me farther about this lawsuit. My mother was prescribed this medication for approximately 6 months and has had a worsening of her condition with side effects that include memory involvement that we felt was not due to her increasing age (she is only 66). She has Epilepsy and was put on this medication as an only treatment. Please contact us as to what we should do to see if we qualify for the lawsuit. Thanks,

  Kathy

• j.bryan // Dec 11, 2004 at 9:59 pm

  i am in illinois and have been taking neurontin for about 6 months. i also have memory problems and balance problems. i can’t find any lawyers in illinois. can anyone help me? thanks, j.bryan

• Charlotte Didier // Dec 14, 2004 at 8:54 am

  I’ve been taking 18oo mg of Neurontin for at least 5 yrs, prescribed for Neuropathy, Migrains, pain and now Fibromylgia. I suffer sever memory loss, depression, along with slowed ability to think and concentrate. dizzy spills, having to hold on to walls or what ever is around to hold me steady. tremors, visual disturbances and speach problems. Hospitalized several times for these problems. I have not been able to work for over two years, how do I find out if I am able to be a part of this law suit? Please contact me at 225-638-8561

• Jeri // Dec 15, 2004 at 12:31 am

  I have just started the med neurotin am on 300 mg daily for now and they want to work the amount up until my back feels better ………. all of these stories have scared me ?????

• Ronald headley // Dec 16, 2004 at 12:57 pm

  i took nuerontin for 3 years and most of the time i took 300 mg 4 times daily i have a hard time hearing now and dizzl zll the time is this due to the drug??? the ringing inmy ears are unbearable can anyone help me

• beth // Dec 16, 2004 at 8:38 pm

  I have been on nuerontin now for 2 months. I have severe fibromyalgia. I am taking 600 mg. 3 times a day. I am also on a sleeping pill because I can not get any sleep. I go days and days without any sleep. I also take 40 mg. of prozac. And 30 mg. of flexiril. At night I take the 30 mg. of flexiril and a nuerontin a sleeping pill and the prozac. I have finally started to get some relief. I am willing to take a side effect in order to get relief and sleep. If anyone has any information to help me better than what I am now taking, by all means e-mail me! I am allergic to herbs and have tried many medications.

  Good Luck Guys and Gals I have not found anything better. And Is it that maybe you are taking another medication that is causing these problems?

• Michael L Phelps // Dec 19, 2004 at 10:02 pm

  My doctor put me on neurotin for my neuropathy,in 1996. In June of 2004 I had a stroke disabling me for the rest of my life,I’m also on dialisis because

  my kidney’s shut down. has anyone having

  the same problems?

• Amber Anderson // Dec 22, 2004 at 6:11 am

  Has anyone ever heard of Neurontin being perscribed for addiction? My boyfriend has been taking it for about 3 months to help with cravings, and he has gotten so much worse. We live in Michigan. Should he stop taking it? He is on 600mg 3 times a day. Is there anything we should be doing? This is the first I have heard of all of this.

• Cindy Pulse // Dec 22, 2004 at 9:44 pm

  My husband has taken neurontin for quite a while. He had started having stroke like symptoms and is very forgetful and at times seems far away and foggy. Trying to describe to the best of ability. He has had times of getting agitated and is very off balance and has been for quite a while. I have always attributed it to the diabetes esp since now he is on dialysis. Now I realize these symptoms may actuall be the drug. I am so mad, to think my husband may have had a little better quality of life if not on this drug that wasn’t approved for neuropathy really angers me. Who has the right to do that to a person. I live in Oklahoma and we would like information on the lawsuit or a lawyer that may help us. Thank you in advance.

• Jennifer // Dec 27, 2004 at 5:12 pm

  I have been taking Nuerontin for about 2 mths now for Restless Leg Syndrome.

  Besides the dizziness and 3olb weight gain I go into spouts of great sadness and suicidal thoughts go through my mind. I have 2 little ones to take care of and since hearing all of this am weaning myself off as of yesterday.

  Thanks everyone.

• christine stallworth // Dec 27, 2004 at 7:59 pm

  i been taking neurotin for over aperiod of 4 yrs intermittently.o suffer from restless legs, blurred vision and frequent dizziness.any advise would be greatly apprerciated.

• Iva Sauers // Dec 29, 2004 at 5:37 am

  I was taking Neurontin for severe pain in my back from an injury. The Neurontin made me feel as if my brain was “jello”. I also had a severe reaction from the Neurontin. I developed a severe rash (big red spots) all over my body. I felt depressed and suicidal. Finally, I quit taking this drug but wonder if my memory loss is one of the effects of the drug. I live in Pennsylvania and would like to be part of this lawsuit.

• Steve Davis // Dec 29, 2004 at 9:36 am

  Hello, I was placed on neurontine in 2002 following back surgery with nerve damage. On January 5, 2003 I attempted suicide, taking an overdose of Elavil intentionally. I was on life support for eight days. I have since been hospitalized twice for suicidal thoughts. I was shocked to hear that suicides have been linked to this medicine!!!

• tb miller // Jan 4, 2005 at 6:36 pm

  I WAS PERSCIBED NEUROTIN BY THE SURGEON THAT REBUILT MY LEFT ANKLE IN APRIL O3. MANY PROBLEMS EMEDIATLY FOLLOWED.I AM NOW AT 1800MG PER DAY.WHY IS THE VA STILL PRESCRIBING THIS MEDICATION FOR NERVE/DAMAGE/PAIN. LAST WEEK WHILE SITTING IN THE CLINIC IN BLOOMINGTON I STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON 3600MGS PER DAY.THIS POOR MAN COULD BARELY KEEP HIS HEAD UP AND HIS WIFE FINISHED ALL OF HIS SENTENCES FOR HIM.I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD EXPERIENCED ANY SIDEFECTS HIS REPLY WAS THAT HE HAD BEEN HOSPITALISED TWICE THIS PAST YEAR FOR PNUEMONIA.AS VETERANS IS THEIR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO STOP THIS INCOMPETENCE AND OR COMPLACENCY WITHIN THE THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THANK YOU.F

• deborah henry // Jan 5, 2005 at 2:57 am

  I began taking neurontin in 2001 following a lumbar fusion.I had been dignosed with M.S. several years earlier but had been symptom free for at least 3 years.I began to have symptoms of depression severe at times,along with dizziness and balance problems,irritability and weight gain.I thought it was from the M.S. I have been put on prozac as well as other meds for the depression.As my symptoms worsened my neurologist increased my dosage.I now have decided to quit taking the neurontin.Can anyone tell me if there is a lawyer in Missouri who is reveiwing this.I have also had problems with concentration,does anyone know if these effects are permenate

• Rita Hicks // Jan 5, 2005 at 6:48 pm

  I have been a diabetic all my life, I become disabled in 1996 and was started on Neurontin at that time for severe diabetic neuropathy. over the next few weeks my Dr. increased it to 2700 mg a day. I was on it until recently, I had a real hard time speaking with slurred speach, was paranoid, depressed, cried uncontrolably, became very isolated fell frequently down stairs because of dizziness and was hospitalized several times for hallucinations, and for severe headaches. I had to have Carotid Artery surgery in 2003 because of narrowing vessels, I felt sick all the time and just couldn’t cope with everyday life, I had no quality to my life at all. I am no longer taking neurontin, I feel as if those years were stolen from me. I would like to talk to a lawyer about this, I live in Ky. God Bless You all…………Rita Hicks

• jane butler // Jan 8, 2005 at 8:39 pm

  I HAVE MOST OF THESE SYMPTONS,TOO. I HAVE BEEN BRUISED FROM HEAD TO TOE FROM FALLING. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING JUST FINE AND WOULD SUDDENLY GET ALL LIGHTHEADED AND NOT RECOGNIZE WHERE I WAS. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OFF THE STREET BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GOINH TO PASS OUT. TREMENDOUS WEIGHT GAIN FROM BODY SWELLING. MEMORY LOSS. FOGGY. I STOPPED TAKING WHEN I BEGAN HAVING PARKINSON SIGNS LIMBS JERKING AND MOVING ON THEIR OWN IN GROTESQUE POSITIONS VERY SCARY AND PAINFUL. I STILL AMHAVING ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS AND I STOPPED ONE YEAR AGO MOOD WAS TERRIBLE EVERYTHING RELATED TO DEATH DYING I AM SURE I REALLY WAS GOING THROUGH BODY SHUTDOWN I PRAYED TO LIVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO SLIP INTO THE BLACK VELVET DARKNESS OF DEATH IT WAS AWFUL I AM IN TEXAS AND NEED A LAWYER I HAVW PTSD AND CAN’T SEEM TO MAKE A GOOD ENOUGH IMPRESSIOM TO GET A LAWYER. THANK YOU CONTACT ME JANE

• Paula Swanson // Jan 9, 2005 at 9:20 pm

  I had a back injury while working for Safeway Food Stores. It has been six years. My Dr. placed me on Nuerontin last year for nerve pain that has been very debilitating. WOW! I was not ready for the reaction I had to the Nuerontin. The first night I was to take just one. I was asleep in 20 minutes. My husband could not wake me. The next night I was to take two then the third night three. Then stay on three per day for a month and posssibly have the amount increased. I could not think, drive, cook or even remember my own phone number. In short, I was almost nonexistent. I finally took myself off Nuerontin. It took a good six months before I even tried to balance my checkbook. When I look back on the whole time I was on Nuerontin I realise I had been hording other meds to use to kill myself. I am so glad I had enough clear head to stop myself. If anyone knows of an Arizona Lawyer let me know. Thanks

• Leslie H // Jan 10, 2005 at 4:39 pm

  Hi..I would like to talk to some people who are taking Neurontin..I have been taking it and thought i was the only one..IMAGINE THAT !!…thank you very much and i am so hoping for someone to talk to about this situation so many of us are in…i am getting pretty worried about this now that i have read so much about it tonight..I live in West Virginia and please as many of you that will talk to me i would really appreciate it alot

• Rick Volz // Jan 11, 2005 at 4:33 pm

  I have been a diabetic for 15 years. A little over two years ago my doctor perscribed Nuerontin for neuropathy pain in my feet.I am currently taking 600 MG per day.I first heard about the lawsuit on TV. After reading some of the readers comments I recognized quite a few of the side effects these people were having. I thought the way I have been feeling for the last couple of years was due to being a diabetic. A year ago I had stents put in both legs due to narrowing vessels. I can’t remember the last time I had a good night sleep. I’m tired all the time, feeling depressed not wanting to go to work. I have even had bouts of dizzyness and loss of balance. As far as memory loss I thought it was just due to getting older. This news really upsets me. The last two years have been hell!! I know there is no way I will ever get them back. I wish very much to be included it this lawsuit. I live in Illinois and can be reached by phone 815-548-8208 or e-mail rvolz@grics.net

• Juanita Flemmons // Jan 11, 2005 at 7:16 pm

  I am in the process of stopping the Neurontin that I have been taking for quite awhile. The last week has truly been hard. Fitful sleep averaging 2 or 3 hours a night but I am determined to get this off my back before it finishes destroying me. I had been taking 600 mg.every night and the doctor wanted me to increase it to include 300 mg. twice every day too. I, too, am having so many headaches, dizziness, periphial neuropothy and venous stasis in both feet and legs with both of them burning as if you were pouring hot water on them. I have always been very active but its limiting me greatly. My memory is getting so bad.I always had a knack of remembering names,faces and details but that is gone. I get so depressed and cry at the drop of a hat. I live in LA now so is there someone in this area that handles the Neurontin cases ?

• Julie Yankowsky // Jan 12, 2005 at 2:37 pm

  I tried to read most of the previous postings, but could not finish. It makes me so angry and sick to my stomach that this could happen to so many people. Like others, I was prescribed Neurontin for bipolar disorder as a ‘mood stabilizer’. I was on it for at least 2 yrs. from what I remember, which isn’t a lot. I went through so many diagnoses and felt like I was completely psychotic. My life spun out of control and I found myself in and out of mental hospitals. I lost my job and had to go on disability. I have had several suicide attempts, many while IN the mental hospital. As I look back I realize that the psychotic type of behavior began with the medications, most noteably Neurontin. It was supposed to help with mood stability and migraines…the ‘miracle drug’. I was told that it showed so much promise. I would be interested in the long term effects as I find every day as I am talking with family or friends that I don’t remember yet something else. I admit that I have had problems with depression before and after taking Neurontin, but I KNOW that it is not nearly as bad as when I was on the promised cure-all. I can manage my moods better on my own than with the medication. I almost lost my life due to taking this drug and I am sure there are many others who actually did. Please help me find a lawyer willing to help and/or write with similiar experiences. Thank you.

• Susan Brummer // Jan 27, 2005 at 12:51 pm

  Have you heard of any Law suits going on in Canada?

• KB // Feb 1, 2005 at 4:00 pm

  I was involved in an auto accident in 1996. One of my doctors prescribed Neurontin in 1998 for my nerve pain instead of fixing my injuries. Doctors were always quick to prescribe drugs instead of surgery. Were they getting a cut from my $450/month drug prescriptions for Neurontin? Finally, I could no longer stand the pain and told them I was ready for drugs. My doctor told me to Neurontin was good and to increase Neurontin until I found the right dose. I was taking no less than 9 pills a day. I believe was 200-300mg each pill. I noticed after increasing dose to 9 and above daily I had problems with not knowing which leg was going to take the next step while walking for just a split second. Just enough to throw me off balance. It went from once a day to 10 times daily. I finally got my neck, wrist and shoulder fixed and stopped the Neurontin. After reading all these stories I now think it was the Neurontin causing these symptoms. Let me know when there are attorneys for this here in MO. It was hard to explain my walking problems to anyone who has not experience it them selves.

• Violet Hill // Feb 2, 2005 at 10:42 pm

  I have been taking neurontin for almost a year. It was prescribed for back pain. I have been having alot of neurological problems, memory loss, eye pain, severe migraines, and my feet stay so cold that I have to keep a heating pad on them. Could this be caused by the Neurontin? Please let me know. Thanks

• Lisa Norton // Feb 7, 2005 at 12:59 pm

  Please inform me on this law suit My father was taking neurontin for over 3 years at the max 3xday he was always dizzy never noticed speech problems complained of migraines, could not get a good balance I thought he had a touch of Parkinsons but did not. he also had siezures to the pont that he was actually just out of it, Diabetic, one night he fell and could not get up I called 911 and they checked everything out and said that he looked ok but they went to help him up and he could not stand on his own he said his legs felt like jello. He went to the hospital and never came home he went in to a type of neurological coma and died of kidney falure and double pnomunia. I really would like to know if this medication had any part of his death. Please e-mail me with any information. I live in AL

• gregory perieff // Feb 9, 2005 at 10:04 am

  I am glad to have found this site! Depression,thoughts of ending it all, heart and chest tightness, dizziness, feeling like the left side of my body is stupid and that i’m going to have a heart attack or stroke. My doctor prescribed this to treat social anxiety! Please contact me if I can be involved. Greg from San Francisco

• WILLIAM GILBERT BIRCH // Feb 10, 2005 at 5:11 pm

  TOOK NEURONTON 6-8MO. FOR P.N. DIDNOT HELP, DID SLEEP SOME BETTER FOR A WHILE.

  MY BALANCE IS VERY BAD. I STILL NEED RELIEF FOR FEET . BILLY B.

• Cortney Freiman // Feb 12, 2005 at 6:28 am

  My 61 year old mother was found dead 3 weeks ago. In her apt., we found Seroquil, Restoril, Effexor, and Zyrtek…all samples given to her by her Dr. Coroner said she died of Seroquil Intoxication. The sample packs don’t say how much to take. Was there a drug interaction? Is the Dr. liable? I am due to give birth on Tuesday, 3 weeks after her death. Not fair!

• ssmith // Feb 12, 2005 at 10:46 am

  hi everyone, sorry to hear so many suffering also on neurontin, i have been on it for 1 1/2 yrs, it took my memory and almost my life away from me, i am still stuggling with this,memory, and have pain in my chest was taken to hospital couple time, will er did test and not heart attack is all they tell me. i have had numbness in arms and hands, becuae of this drug also, howerve eeg came back abnormal, right after i got off from it

  so now dr put me on keppra, well i am still have chest pain, shoulder pain, and rushed to er, so memeory troublle.

  I asked nurse at first they told me i was or could be having partial memory loss due to having partial seizure by eeg . well talk to his other nurse the other day and it that i am on this keppra not for siezures but for pain again. i know it has alot of side effects as neurontin has, i have been getting depressed and i dont know attitude. on everything recently. help is the attorneys alone handling sucides,

  and or aare they just trying to get money for medicaid itself which is overcharged on meds. is there anyone out there for us patients who have suffered damaged from this drug. i dont understand this civil action can anyone advise me please i lost my house from a fire i had no memory of turning on the stove and lost 3 pets, my life is totally shattered i might as well went up in smoke with it

• Laureen M Olson // Feb 13, 2005 at 7:14 am

  I tried to send a copy of this email to all of the people who had written in for information, but some had no email address listed, so I’m sending it to you so that you can pass on the information.

  The suicide/overdose affects may not apply to everyone, but I can assure you that the “how to get well” information about seeing a naturopathic doctor will apply to all.

  Just the magnesium deficiency lists bi-polar, paranoid-pschiz, ADHD, diabeties, and many more misdiagnosis that have been given when it was a magnesium deficiency. Neurontin also depletes the luteal phase in women, thus causing many menopausal symptoms and depression symptoms that list in the hundreds. Men can also be helped by seeing a naturopathic doctor because the hair analysis and hormone saliva test are NOT subjective, they are exact!

  Please pass on to anyone that this may help.

  ********************

  I was on Neurontin for eight years, I had only remembered it six. My memory and suicide attempots, etc wer out of control. I have just spent the last 4-5 months getting my life on charts and in a box and if you could look at the affects neurontin has had on my life, I think you would cry for what appears to be many similarities.

  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

  (Their email addresses may have changed since they just moved offices.)

  When I first talked to them, I was offended when she told me that he only took suicide cases. Then my friend reminded me, “Laureen, you were in ICU on life support for 3 days!” So I called them back.

  After having gone back through the last eight years with the help of friends and family, we found over six overdoses and several suicide letters that I had no memory of.

  As far as for memory, I’m still praying that my abilities will keep returning. I even got pregnant by a man I had no idea who was the father because I was only sleeping with one man, my ex-husband. After 2 DNA test came back negative for him, I finished the pregnancy, (during which they PUT ME BACK on the Neurontin) without knowing who the father of this child was. I was hospitalized three times for overdoses and OPC’d. Finally bits of memory started coming back, like the ceiling and light fixture, etc. It took a long time but finally found out who it was and forced him to take a DNA test. I accused him of drugging me, and wished to hell I could have put him in jail.

  We are now friends, once I learned from Pfizer themselves about the AMNESIA neurontin causes.

  My little girl and I are alive only by the Grace of God and are doing well, recoving over the last year slowly beign off the med.

  I hope all this information helps you, but the best information I can give you is to tell you to RUN not WALK to the nearest, female, naturopathic, DR> of Natural medicine as quickly as you can.

  They do hair analysis test, and have recently gotten the test results back from a HORMONE Saliva test, and have found that the neurontin caused a MASSIVE magneseum deficiency, (look that up on the net) its symptoms are crazy and are often misdiagnosed as “bi-polar” and they have also found that I have a severe hormone deficiency that has caused anovulatory cycles, and/or luteal phase deficiency. I just got put on natural progesterone.

  I was on 15 meds, one side affect led to the prescribing of another etc. I am now off of everything except natural magnesieum and natural progesterone and am getting better everyday.

  (My little girl hears voices, etc and we just started testing on her.)

  The point is this: You don’t have to live this way, and natural medicine doctors run chemical analysis and can show you figures on paper of what your body is deficient of. We don’t even think I was ever bi-polar in the first place, I had just had a baby 5 months prior when they diagnosed me.

  My doctor, Dr. Jane Jester Hebert, daughter of Dr. John Jester, who was first an MD and then became a Dr. of Natural Medicine when no one in america could save him form cancer. He’s been cured ofr over 25 years and has received the same award as Dali Lama and Mother Teresa.

  If I were you, and I could afford a plane ticket every few months, I’d fly to see them. They are the best! (If you need a place to stay, I can arrange that so it wouldn’t cost you, either with myself or my best friend, as you see…..I have recently gotten so much better, I have accepted a job in NC and will be returning to work after I sell my home. Wish me luck.

  As far as for the memory or cognitive rebuilding, I don’t know. I keep asking the question too. I guess time will tell, but get balanced in all other respects and combined that with the healing power of the Lord and I believe that we will both be restored to 110%. Better than ever, and after we sue the shit out of the heathens who caused this, we’ll be rich too.

  Best of luck. You can call me if you need at 337-988-0880 or 337-255-5786.

  With Warmest Regards,

  Laureen Olson

• James Saxe // Feb 19, 2005 at 5:00 pm

  I am a type 1 diabetic with pump. i have also suffered with neuropathy in both feet,legs and rt hand. I have been out of work since 7/04. I have been on neurotin since 6/04. I have also suffered side effects such as ,dizzyness, memory loss, confusion, head aches, balance problems, have been sent to hospital for overdose-suicide attemp, have feel and suffered head injury, had mishaps while driving. I asked the docs about these side effects but they state they never heard of these side effects from neurotin. I never had this problem till I started taken neurotin. I no longer drive or go anywhere with out someone with me. I have also tried neurostimulation for pain but with no good result. I to would like to know about this class action suit. please if someone can help please contact me. Greenville, SC email jaxe0@yahoo.com or 864-354-6300 thanks J.Saxe

• LisaB // Feb 25, 2005 at 9:31 am

  I have been taking Neurontin since ‘97; prescribed by my doctor for nerve pain following multiple back surgeries. In addition to balance problems, numbness in hands, tremors, confusion, I have suffered severe dental problems. Bleeding gums, tooth discoloration, decalcification, have all required extensive dental work. I was unaware that Neurontin caused ANY of these side effects, especially the dental problems. I tried to research this through my doctor but they also were not aware of any problems until recently when they began to inquire with other Neurontin patients as to their dental health. It turns out that an overwhelming number of them have suffered this same effect. When I asked my pharmacist, he was able to locate information from the manufacturer that noted these problems in addition to gingivitis. It is well documented that gingivitis and other dental problems can cause bacteria to settle in the heart causing heart valve malfunction. I have now been diagnosted with mitralvalve regurgitation. I suffer chest pain regularly, in addition to the other symtoms mentioned above. Anyone interested in contacting me, please do so at (334) 356-6333.

  Anyone who knows of any lawsuits in Alabama, PLEASE e-mail or call me with the attorney’s information! I am just starting to realize what eight years on a dosage that eventually reached 1800mg/day may have done to my body.

• mark n. // Mar 1, 2005 at 8:49 pm

  It sounds as if most of you are on medications that bridge the gap between neuro and psychological problems of which is a nightmare for any physician to treat. If you think you know more than the physicians, stop going to them for help and stop all of your medications immediately. They only went to school for 8+ years with additional training beyond that. I’m sure you all know how to take care of yourselves more appropriately. Good luck… all of you are going to need it!

• Tammy Hunt // Mar 15, 2005 at 9:30 pm

  I was prescribed neurontin and also a drug named Gabitril, I don’t know if these two medicines are the same, but recently I attempted suicide after being on this meds. If anyone can send me information regarding the two medicines and any class action suits against them, I would appreciate it.I am also having horrible dreams when I do sleep which isn’t very often,my hands and legs tremble and I have difficulty concentrated. If you could email me information, please. March 15,2005

• joann dodson // Mar 16, 2005 at 9:19 am

  I would like to know if the medication neurotin is msking me feel weird also, I take it for a c5 c6 disectomy last year and the side effects feel like my throat which has scare tissue in it from the operation is pulling on the right side and sitting in my right ear. Is there anything better to try other than neurotin? I don’t know if my

  anterior disectomy worked or not.

• joy // Mar 17, 2005 at 5:35 am

  In 2001 I was placed on high doses of Neurontin for Depression, I was so sick from being on this that I was staying at a friends. I didn’t even remember to get up to pee eat or drink. I became like a little child and she had to remind me to go to the bathroom eat and drink fluids. I lost my child because I was unable to care for him. This ERKS me big time.

• Cristy Wilkinson // Mar 18, 2005 at 4:40 am

  My husband has been taking Neurontin for over three years for neurapathy. His behavior has changed drastically and becomes agitated easily and has no patience with people and situations. We live in Texas. How can we be involved?

• Kelly Carrillo // Mar 22, 2005 at 9:17 am

  I to have been on a 900mg dose a day for neuropathy. I also have experienced migrains,chest pains, memmory loss, mayjor balance problems. I have only been on it for 8 months but after reading all of this I am going to contact my doctor and get myself off this before mayjor damage is done. And I plan on contacting some doctors at the mayo clinic in minnesota about what a proper medication should be for this pain. You all might want to do the same. Be well!! And thank you for all this information about this drug. If I can be apart of the class action lawsuit please email me.

• steve c // Mar 28, 2005 at 3:39 pm

  I have been taking neurontin for about a year and a half at first taking 6oo mg a day had severe dizzy spells and also felt the same way i have diabettis and neuropthy the pain has gotten so bad that i got on a methadone program i am taking 65mgs twice a day plus i have 3 herneated disks in my back ,the gout and chronic hep c i am taking 900 mg of neurton still getting dizzy spells and have bad memory loss. is there any other drug out there beside’s neurontin that can help with my severe pain in my ankles feet and legs

• Allan Empey // Apr 2, 2005 at 9:02 am

  The first neurontin I took 6 years ago resulted in the room spinning completely around me which led me to be jailed for 11 days for throwing a physchotic fit and striking 2 policemen 3 months later! 6 years later, after stopping taking neurontin, the same symptoms are occuring as before and my marriage is now on the rocks! I need a lawyer in Minnestoa like many others.

• DARRYL STOREY // Apr 8, 2005 at 4:25 am

  iTOOK THIS FOR 6 YEARS TILL I TRIED TO OFF MYSELF I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COMPANY MAKE THIS RIGHT?

• Carol A. Madison // Apr 14, 2005 at 9:19 pm

  I, also, was prescribed Neurontin for both bipolar disorder and peripheral neuropathy. Thank God I refused to continue taking it, especially since I apparently never had bipolar disorder to begin with. I spent 19 years taking drugs because I was hastily diagnosed by a psychiatrist who spent all of 30 minutes with me-no testing, no extended observation before diagnosing. Is there a lawyer who would like to get hold of this?

• Deborah Smith // Apr 25, 2005 at 2:41 am

  I have been taking Neuronton for approximately three years. I have suffered severe depression, suicidal thoughts, chronic anxiety, deep depression, memory loss, and a host of other symptoms since I began taking this drug, which was prescribed by my workmans comp doctor for symptoms of nerve pain and others, which appeared to be from splinal surgery (Dc4-Dc6). I am interested in finding out what my legal rights are regarding class action suits in California.

• RITA BRETT // Apr 29, 2005 at 4:45 am

  I HAVE BEEN ON NEURONTON FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS. I AM DIABETIC AND CLL. I GET VERY DEPRESSED - OFTEN FEELING LIKE THERE IS NO USE FOR ME TO GO ON. I AM ALSO CONSTANTLY TIRED FOR NO GOOD REASON. AFTER READING OTHERS REACTION TO IT, I’M STOPPING THE NEURONTON AND QUESTIONING IF I SHOULD BE PART OF THIS LAWSUIT? PLEASE SEND INFO. I LIVE IN NJ THANKS

• Renee Baker // May 1, 2005 at 8:44 am

  In December 2000 I was having problems with tripping as I was walking my right foot would get underneath me and I fell. I continued working until September 4, 2001. I was unable to turn the steering wheel due to weakness. I had a burning pain from my hip down to my big toe, my doctor gave me NEURONTIN for the nerve pain in 10/2001. From that point, I had a slew of diagnoses. At first myasthenia gravis, then to be told by another Dr. that wasn’t correct that it seemed to be a psychiatric problem, conversion disorder. I went to 3 psychiatrists all saying it looked to them like a neurological illness. My weakness continued and expanded to include my legs and body, making it difficult to walk. I used a walker for a few months, then due to falls had to start using a wheelchair. It was thought then that I had a muscular dystrophy called limb girdle because of the weakness that had developed in my limbs and trunk muscles. For about a year I went through tests: mri’s, nerve conduction studies, muscle biopsy, emg’s, and more. After the muscle biopsy the MDA told me that it was not LGMD so I went back to IU medical center and they again said it could be psychological. I went through more mri’s, emg’s, ncs, and psychiatrists, with no answers. After being sick for 3 years, and no answers. I ended up being in a hospital bed most of the time. Still able to use my power wheelchair but being extremely fatigued and unable to stay up but for small amounts of time. Last year in October, 2004 I went to the Mayo Clinic. I had multiple tests and saw an army of doctors. I was given several diagnoses, but none could explain the severe weakness. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, but neither cause disability. NO ONE EVER SUGGESTED TO QUIT TAKING NEURONTIN. Out of all the doctors I was seeing none of them thought to take me off of neurontin. In the last six months they had doubled my neurontin for pain. I have been bedbound and have had to have help turning, I aspirate and choke on thin liquids, and couldn’t even sit to use the bedside commode. I have had home health care for the last year to help me with personal care and also to keep me out of a nursing home. I became so lethargic last week an ambulance was called by my home health nurse. I went to the hospital and they admitted me saying I had a kidney infection (neurontin is cleared through the kidneys). The nurse couldn’t wake me up on the first shift. She said she almost got on my bed and jumped up and down because I wouldn’t wake up. My family doctor took me off of Neurontin and Ditropan Xl the next day. From Saturday until Tuesday when I came home, I had no Neurontin. The day I came home I noticed I felt stronger, my tongue wasn’t burning from dry mouth anymore. Previously the burning tongue was attributed to fibromyalgia. By the time Thursday came around I felt much better except for I started crying uncontrollably. I felt like I was losing my mind and became very nauseous and had shaking and couldn’t figure out what was happening. About 4 am I got on my laptop and looked up neurontin withdrawal and found 53 results. I read all of them. I called my doctor at 4:40am and told him I thought I was having withdrawal symptoms from the Neurontin. He now has me on a lower dose and I’m going to go off more slowly but I can tell you I feel 100 times better. I feel like a different person already. I can think, for the longest time I haven’t been able to read more that a few paragraphs before falling asleep. I feel asleep while eating, reading, or taking a drink. I couldn’t even remember my own phone number, social security number or anything. I’ve been on social security disability for neurological disorder not otherwise specified. I have a contracture in my right foot from being so weak. Yesterday I sat up unsupported by myself, am turning over by myself and feel like I have enough energy to try to walk again. I’m trying to take it slow but don’t know what to think about any of this. It’s like a miracle. I’ve taken this medicine since I first got sick for 3 ½ years. I just wanted to share my story. I don’t care about any money. If I’m able to get better and it lets other people know about what the drug can do. God Bless you all, Renee

• JOHN DAYCOCK // May 4, 2005 at 7:54 am

  I was prescribed for neurontin by my neurologest for sever periferial diabetic neuropathic pain in my feet & hands in mid 2003. I started with 1200mg per day & up to 2400mg per day when I stopped taking it on the advise of a new PCP in January of 2005. He called it crap. The medication gave me Parkinsin type tremors, for which Mysoline was prescribed. This did help some, but as of this writing I still shake like crazy. (Hard to even type this) I have also been severly depressed and quite emotional since taking this Rx that makes me want to end it all. What can I do? Please help me & call me at 954-987-4404.

• ckjohn // May 10, 2005 at 1:11 pm

  My husband has been on 3200mg of neurotin a day for bipolar…he began last week, at the age of 43, to exhibit symptoms compatabile with a stroke. Mask like face, difficulty swallowing, kind of a zombie like walk, drooling, facial muscles twitching, hand trembling..the doctor has put him down to 600 mg a day and he is doing so much better. ER said no stroke, must be psychological??? Then how is it that he has improved so much since lowering the dose? This drug is evil..supposed to help with seizures but can actually cause seizures when you lower dose and eventually stop.

• andrea altomare // May 22, 2005 at 9:38 pm

  i was on neurotin I live in philadelphia I almost killed myself on this med.thank god for my husband

• Mary Carpenter // Jun 7, 2005 at 9:16 am

  My 92 year old mother was perscribed neurotin for shingles pain….after three 300mg doses over an eve, a.m and eve she was talking out of her head and told to never take it again by the dr who perscribed it….2-1/2 weeks later she was taken emergency to hospital where she was treated for urinary infection (which acted like a stroke)….a mild “hemoraging” stroke was also verified by MRI a couple of days later….she had not had the Neurotin for about 2-1/2 weeks but the perscription followed her by her doctor’s “list of daily meds” and she was given 300mg twice a day for three weeks in the hospital and nursing home before I discovered it! During those three weeks and the two weeks it took for it to somewhat leave her system she was like a zombie, could not manage food in her mouth, could not eat or drink without getting choked, was uniary and fecal incontenient, bruised unmercifully when blood pressure taken….she had been mentally active doing about 6 crossword puzzles a day and now can only do maybe half of one…while still under neurotin’s effects she could not use the phone nor turn on the tv with the remote….when this drug was withdrawn she is getting some of her life back….but she lost the ability to live at home and is going thru her savings to pay for assisted care! This is an evil drug…..and a huge error was made by putting it on her continued meds to take while in the hospital…at her age she should never have been perscribed such a drug in the first place.

• lori // Jun 17, 2005 at 11:01 am

  I am presently on nerotin a very small dose.I have been losing my balance and falling, I have also felt severe back pain around my kidneys and could not figure out why until I got on this sight. Thank you for all of your input. I have now gotten off of this medicin.

• Anna // Jun 24, 2005 at 12:07 pm

  I am a 19 year old girl and i was prescribed this medicine for obbsessive compulsive disorder. i no longer take it but i would like some more information on this lawsuit if someone would email it to me that would be great. thanks, anna

• Kimberly Pleszewski // Jun 27, 2005 at 12:17 am

  My husband was prescriped Neurontin originally for stenosis of the spine to relieve his pain. He had several years of violent seizures and halluccinations. He was depressed all the time, had mood swings and difficulty walking and talking at times. Over the last few years he talked about suicide all the time. Just last year he finally went overboard. He bought a gun and shot me and then turned the gun on himself. He had told me that he didn’t want to cause me anymore hardship, but he couldn’t leave me. So he decided to take me with him, fortunately he didn’t suceed with killing me,but I lost my husband of 18 years and my children lost their father. He never even had seizures until he started taking Neurontin, and that was all that it was supposed to be prescribed for.

• NANCY AND BOB LANGFORD // Jul 1, 2005 at 12:33 pm

  I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS FOR ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE TAKEN THIS DRUG NEURONTIN. IT HAS MADE ME SO SICK THAT I CANT EVEN RECALL HAVING THE STROKES THAT I HAVE HAD BECAUSE OF THIS SAD DRUG THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE HELPING ALL OF US. WE DID NOT KNOW THAT IT COULD DO ALL THE MESS IT HAS. I FEEL FOR ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED. PLEASE CONTACT ME SOMEONE THAT MIGHT KNOW OF A ATTORNEY THAT WOULD TAKE MY CASE. WHAT MY FAMILY AND I HAVE WENT TOO. TRUTHFULLY THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT CAN MARCH UP TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. I WAS GIVEN NEURONTIN FOR WHAT I WAS TOLD MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. I HAVE BEEN ON IT SINCE 2000. JUST WAS TAKEN OFF IT IN

• Joe Olson // Jul 1, 2005 at 1:52 pm

  I have had two herniated discs in my spine, plus stenosis and degeneration for the last six months, causing nerve pain down one leg. After undergoing therapy and several blocks, my doctor told me the only other thing he could offer me was surgery. I have been trying desperately to avoid spine surgery, so I asked my doctor if he could offer anything for pain management besides Lortab. He immediately offered my Neurontin. I was put on a low dose of 900mg/day for two weeks, then was told to increase to 1800mg/day. I will say that Neurontin worked well for the pain, but within two days I was having a great deal of difficulty walking, fatigue, weakness, sleepiness, loss of appetite, and dairrhea. I told my doctor about these side effects, and he told me to give it a week or two and see if they disappeared. It’s been a week and a half, and the symptoms haven’t eased up even a little. I took my last pill yesterday. I’d rather take my chances with surgery.

• Brenda Bryan // Jul 3, 2005 at 2:47 pm

  My father is now dead, and we are not sure if it was from taking Neurontin. Please send me information about the lawsuit!

• Charon // Jul 18, 2005 at 11:53 pm

  Please forward information about getting inviloved in the neurontin class action lawsuit to my email address.I was prescribed Neurontin by a neurologist for migraines and a psychiatrist for bipolar disorder and hav had side effects both times. Thank you….csfmedia2@aol.com

• Chad // Jul 19, 2005 at 1:33 pm

  Oh my god!

  I was prescribed neurontin for depression and anxiety attacks, both of which got worse, to the point I attempted suicide with a steak knife. It is amazing what you can do with a little elbow grease, determination, and whacked out on neurontin. It damn near ruined my life (literally). I had never tried this before until I took the drug. Please contact me with info on a Class Action. I am in texas.

• PHYLLIS COOK // Jul 26, 2005 at 6:48 pm

  MY 80 YEAR OLD FATHER COMITTED SUICIDE ON APRIL 18, 2003 AFTER TAKING NEURONTIN FOR 3 YEARS. THE SIDE EFFECTS HE SUFFERED WHILE ON THIS MEDICATION WAS HORRIBLE. i HAVE HIS MEDICAL RECORDS TO PROVE THIS. HE WAS MY LIFE AND NOW HE’S GONE FOREVER THANKS TO NEURONTIN. i NEED TO SPEAK TO A ATTORNEY IF POSSIBLE.

• Marie Flock // Jul 29, 2005 at 4:19 pm

  I would like to find out more about the class action suit. I was on Neurontin for six years for bi-polar disorder. I had psychotic episodes while taking it, and suicide attempts with the same drug,and many self mutilations. I have never had these actions occur when not using this drug.

• Frankie // Jul 31, 2005 at 8:24 am

  I have ALWAYS been a 100% happy person, everyone around me alway’s has said “GOSH can you make us laugh!” 4 yrs. ago, I developed bad foot pain in BOTH feet…I thought I was getting bunions! After months of going to a very good podiatrist, he could not help me..I did NOT have bunions, it was ruled out right away with foot X-rays. Forward one yr. later…I came down with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma out of no where…literally overnight! After surgery, 10 days in hospital, and 6 months of chemo…my foot pain went out of control! I was in SUCH pain I didn’t know if I could continue working in retail. By the time I went back to my oncologist for my first 3 month checkup, I was in such DAILY agony, I didn’t know what to do. Long story short: He diagnosed me as having a reaction to one of the 3 chemicals they gave me…and explained this happened in a small amount of patients and there was no ‘cure.’ I had severe neuropthy in both feet.

  He put me on Neurontin 600mgs. day for a week..then 1200 mgs. day for a week, and it had NO effect…but I did begin to grow tired BIG time. After 3 weeks…he told me to UP the dose to 1800mgs. a day…within 3 days’ or so, I had 80% LESS foot pain! BUT…I grew SO lethargic and TOTALLY exhausted. I could barely stand up for more than 1 hour, and I work 6 hours a day standing on marble floors! After 5 week’s or so…I began becoming depressed…I had thoughts of suicide, and NEVER in my LIFE had I felt like this. He kept telling me to ’stick with it…your body will get used to the neurontin!’

  I stuck with it for 3 months and I was SO ill…EXHAUSTED…and depressed that finally I realized it HAD to end, either I would die…or stop the drug and have all that pain back.

  I weened myself off the drug over two weeks (WARNING: you MUST not just quit this drug quickly! You can have bad seizures!) and one week after my last dose…I was back to my normal state of mind with NO depression or thoughts of suicide etc. 100% of my pain came back and as awful as that was…I felt alive and like a human being once again.

  I have been on 20mgs. of a powerful pain pill (not mentioned) taken 2X day for two years now, and I still have foot pain but it’s MUCH better…has kept me able to work..and I am not a literal Zombie. WHY are drs. so affraid of giving low doses of pain meds for this? yet they will give out this lethal drug with SUCH side effects at the drop of a hat!

  If I didn’t take my pain meds. twice a day…I would be off on total disability and be a burden on my family and society. WITH the pain management I have, I am able (still in pain, but managed) to work my 30 hour a week job and make a very good living!

  PLEASE get the word out about how lethal Neurontin is for MANY people and I hope everyone here fights for stem cell research AND better pain management drug choices for us all.

  To this date, I would NEVER again try a drug like Neurontin, I would go on total disability before I did that. My heart goes out to EVERYONE in here…please ween off this drug TODAY you will never regrette it!

• George F. Blevins // Aug 6, 2005 at 5:22 am

  Mom has been on that Neurontin. I sure would like to talk to someone about her case. Her Falls,deep feelings of impending Doomand many other things that I have just read that describes her to a Tee!

• Angela Washington // Aug 10, 2005 at 7:01 am

  I was prescribed the drug for migraines and experienced bladder incontinence and restless legs, depression etc. I would like to join the class action lawsuit. 615-665-2576

• james loar // Aug 13, 2005 at 3:43 pm

  I USED NEUROTIN FOR NEAR A YEAR WAS PRESCRIBED FOR STENOSIS IN MY BACK AND FOOT PAIN AS SOMEONE ELSE LISTED. WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE SETTLEMENT IF SOMEONE WOULD PLEASE CALL DURING THIS TIME I WAS ON IT I DID GO THOUGH SEVERE DEPRESSION ME AND MY WIFE BOTH WENT TO ATTORNEY TO FILE FOR DIVORCE ALSO. I HAD SEVERE RESTLESS LEG SYNDROM. JAMES LOAR

  5817 WHILSHIRE

  TEXARKANA TX 75503 903-334-9530

• McKinley Clemonts // Aug 14, 2005 at 10:06 pm

  I’ve been taking Neurontin for 1 1/2, I had neck pain from a cervical fusion

  c4/c5 and nerve pain in left arm. Now I’m starting to have evil thoughts about killing myself, hopeless, dizziness and can’t think when people are talking me at time, I just have to get away from them and rest.

• Nancy Seydell // Aug 19, 2005 at 4:04 am

  I used Neurontin for and off-label diagnosis for several years. I probably had side effects at first, as I do with any new drug, but I don’t remember them being anything unusual. My diagnosis was depression w/anxiety and severe sleep disorder (2 hours to fall asleep, then would get only 2-3 hours of sleep). Taking Neurontin at bedtime allowed me to fall asleep naturally and to get a complete night’s rest with absolutely no drowsy, hangover effect. I moved away from my prescribing physician and cannot find one to Rx it now, much to my dismay.

  I just can’t say enough good things about Neurontin.

• Diana // Aug 20, 2005 at 8:50 am

  Last year Neurontin was prescribed to my grandfather as painkiller. He had COPD and had been oxygen dependant for two years, but his life was pretty much normal. He used to have pain in his hands and back, so he started taking Neurontin. He was really happy because the drug was helping him to reduce the pain. However, he started behaving very aggressive and started having hallucinations. After a month of taking the drug he started having stomach problems such as constipation. We took him to the hospital because the constipation and he spent 13 days in the hospital. A week later, we had to take him again to the hospital where he spent two weeks until he was sent home because there was nothing doctors could do for him. A week later he died. Before Neurontin he was able to walk and do many things. If you want to contact me: dmarcela2000@yahoo.com

• Jola // Aug 21, 2005 at 4:37 am

  Hi!

  I took Neurontin for 2-3 years 400 mg.every 4 hours for Fibromylagia etc.

  (too many to listed ) I was also on Zoloft and Vioxx.

  When I took Neurontin I started having problems with my bladder ( couldn’t make to bathroom on time ) could’t sleep,restless leg syndrome,fatigue ,Trigeminal neuralgia (ended in hospital ER) .

  When I did not take it on time (every 4 hours ) my body was shaking inside.

  When I told my doctor ,his response was - increase the dosage !

  My answer was —-no more .

  I stoped it !!!!!!!!!!!

  I went on Zanaflex.

  It was years ago.

  I still have problems with my blader as well circulation problems ,my hands does not work as they should etc.

  At that time I was in my early 30.

  I’m in San Francisco area ,California.

  Jb

• Claudia Pistilli // Aug 23, 2005 at 4:48 pm

  Ilive in Conn. and have taken neurontin for over 4 years now I was originally perscribed it for perifial neuropathy a side effect of diabeties. I have a lot of the side effects mentioned above. Extreme sleepiness, I got my children’s names mixed up when I was on real high dosages of it. I had trouble finding my way home at times and very confused. I also have had the shakes, problems with balance and extreme problems with my legs. How can the FDA allow this drug to be sold if it is so dangerous????????????????

• JOE PAIGE // Aug 23, 2005 at 7:40 pm

  IN 2002 MY SON WHO WAS THREE AT THE TIME HE WAS PLACED ON NEURONTIN HE WAS ON THE MEDCATION FOR A SHORT TIME THE TIME HE WAS ON HE DEVELOPED A NERVE PROBLEM SUFFED SOME MEMORY LOSS BECAME PARALIZE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL HE WAS LIKE A FIVE MONTH OLD BABY.I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE LAWSUIT IM IN JACKSON,MS. PLEASE CALL ME AT 601-502-2887.

• Christi Finch // Aug 25, 2005 at 11:29 am

  Hello, I am a Nurse in Florida. My mother had severe diabetic neropothy. Her doctor prescribed her with neurontin…it was okay for a few months. She started acting crazy, saying things that were just confusing to my family. She couldnt walk. I, being a nurse thought it was a stroke. We took her to the hospital and they could not diagnose her, but kept her on her neurontin. She had memory problems,couldnt walk without assistance, trouble speaking. I need information on this lawsuit, thanks.

• drake nichols // Aug 28, 2005 at 2:31 pm

  I have been taking neurontin for just over 2 years. I have been taking 1800 t0 2400 MG,s a day. I have had severe memory loss and thoughts of suicide, I have been taking neurontin since neck surgery and back injury in 2002, I was told it would help with the nerve damage I suffered from the injury. During this period I also lost 10 teeth and have had severe dental problems. Finally after the loss of my teeth, my physician has just recently stopped prescribing neurontin. I live in Washington state and would like to speak with an attorney regarding the severity of the side affects during my use of the drug. Someone please help and provide me with some helpful imformation toward a law suit or make me a part of a current suit.

• MARIA PHANEUF // Sep 5, 2005 at 1:56 pm

  I was on neurotin for about a year as a fix for my leg pain. During that time I developed difficulty in breathing while walking, a shrinking feeling in my troath, swelling in my face, dizzy spells, poor coordination, drowsy feeling, and tremors in my legs and hands. Talked about suicide a couple of times. Is there anyone in Florida handling this class action suit?

• Phyllis A. Robbins // Sep 6, 2005 at 8:27 am

  I wish to be a part of this lawsuit, I live in Los Angeles, California. I was given Neurontin for pain control after lumbar surgery by my neurologist at a very prestigious medical facility. I am an epileptic, which had been under control since 1991/92 and now I have clonic like seizures and other tremors and unexplained shaking. My neurologist still insists I should be on neurontin for radicular pain associated with complications of spine surgery. I took it for a short time and had to go to emergency room twice my medical records are in my hands now and I kept detailed notes while on neurontin by the hour and 1/2 hr as I was so confused I could not trust myself. My other medication for seizure control is phenobarbitol. I continue to have problems that stem from taking this medication. Thank you for your time and consideration. Please help us all—get this drug off the market now. I am currently fully disabled and I believe it is due to this drug. I have many other symptoms but in this forum to long to list. I am failing physical therapy due to the tremors that occur and cause me to lose the ability to communicate. I feel damaged and I feel I do not want to continue burdening my newlywed husband with all my disabilies. He is one of a kind and is sticking it out having to do all the shopping, etc. and home maintenance and works full time. Thanking you in advance.

• Christine Kilpatrick // Sep 9, 2005 at 1:55 pm

  My daughter was put on neurontin for extreme anxiety and depression. The result was that she became delusional and paranoid…she also had mild hallucinations. It was very, very disturbing and heartbreaking to have this happen, particualarly at her hgih school. Thankfully, shortly after being taken off all those symptoms disappeared.

• Vicky Grigsby // Sep 15, 2005 at 5:07 pm

  I started having TIA stroke like migrains and they prescribed neurontin, it startred with 100 mg a4x a day and got to 400-500mg 5x a day. It did not help and seemed to make all my symptoms worse. I was precribed it by two different nuerologist and once I got very sick on it, my face blew up, depression, muscle spasms, and many more. I have since gone off it and still seem to have some of the side effects from taking it. Help?

• Judy L. // Sep 17, 2005 at 10:02 pm

  I was on neurontin for only 5 days in Nov 2003.The first day of taking the medicine I had slurred speech and was unable to keep my balance. I had a seizure and the doctor told me then to get off the neurontin even after precribing 3 other drugs. I have suffered everyday since. This is a letter I wrote explanning my life…….Today is the 24th of August. The kids start to school tomorrow. Another year and we haven’t done anything as a family. My heart and mind is so confused. I feel like it isn’t right to sue but then again, I don’t think it is fair to me or my family to have to go through this when it could have been prevented. How fair is it to have to find out that the company paid the doctor to give this medicine to me knowing that it was not approved for headaches. They were willing to take a chance on my life to make more money for themselves. I don’t know if it would be a blessing or curse. I know that everyday I have to wake up to face a new day. Everybody wants me to smile and be happy that I am still here and haven’t given up on improving. But in my heart, I have already died a thousands deaths. Every time I fail doing a simple task, a part of me dies. I know that before the first hour after waking in the mornings, I am going to let myself down, but not only me, I have to watch the ones that I love most, watch me fail and be disppointed because I haven’t been able to accomplish what they have tried so hard to teach me the past year or almost two. My mind isn’t always with me, my ablities are always altered, but my heart and soul, they still are here and that is what makes me know that I am a burden on the ones I love the most. It is hard to smile when I know they just tolorate me, only because they have to, it is all they have left, a shell of their mom, wife, friend, the one that always took over in their lives and made everything work, make everything alright. Not because I was a control freak but because it was there it needed to be done, and it was easy for me to do.I loved them so much I would not settle for less than the best I could do for them. I know it would hurt them to lose me, but I know too that their lives would be easier and more normal if they did. Its becoming more stressful for all of us everyday. I feel if I could hold the drug company responible, I could have someone to come in to deal with me everyday and at least let my family have their lives back. I have had to watch my home fall apart, I have had to watch the ones I love suffer, I have had to watch my friends walk away because they don’t understand. But the hardest thing of all is I have to keep trying to master the impossible task and simply everyday living and I CAN’T. I can’t do better, I can’t make things alright again. I can’t learn anymore than my brain will allow me to. I can’t find a way to make life easy anymore, I can’t find the happiness that I use to find in everything that I could so easily find in the past. Surely even God in heaven can’t expect my to keep fighting this losing battle with out any help. Is it wrong to beg the ones that changed my life forever to give me money in return, so I can at least make it easy on my family. They done this to me for their own finicial gain, don’t they owe it to me? The doctors that pass out their poison, get trips to the olymipic and money on each bottle they prescribe. And I sit at home struggle to walk across the floor, cook a meal, find my own clothes, take a bath and I phyically have so many things going on, the leg pains, headaches, chest pains, weakness, bruses from falling often, I can only leave the house with someone with me, just to name a few. A outing with my kids isn’t even possible. My mom lives 2 hours away and that is more of a trip than is physically possible for me to make. By the time I get there, I can’t talk were anyone can understand me and I can’t walk without assistence. I don’t know what is going on and I don’t remember being there. It feels like the rich get richer, by making the poor poorer, by literally draining the life, heart and soul out of the poor. I was the pawn in their game that was easily sacarficed. while my life is slowly dwindling down to non exsistions they stand by, watching, knowing, and paying off the ones that could help me for their own finicial gains. God, Please this one time as I am having to face this monster, give me just enough brain power to fight this one last fight, and win….. If there is anyone willing to help me or knows of a lawyer that might help me please contact me at choctaw828@bellsouth.net thanks and God Bless!

• Tammy D, // Sep 18, 2005 at 7:26 pm

  I have been on neurotin for 4 months for post herpetic neurolgia and have been experiencing alot of the same side affects mentioned - memory loss, confusion, extreme fatigue, weight gain. I have not been able to read all the comments buts was wondering if anyone has experienced black outs? It seems that I am doing things and meeting people and having conversations with them and no memory of it whats so ever. I also type for my job and was able to type very well and notice that I am transposing letters all the time and can not finish a sentence without numerous errors. I’m worried about losing my job but unfortunately the nerotin does help the pain where as nothing else did. What do I do?? I feel like I can’t even make a decesion.

• Beth // Sep 23, 2005 at 4:46 pm

  I was put on Neurontin in December of 2004 for Migraine headaches. It helped for a while but eventually they came back. My dr. said I just needed to increase my dosage. I never thought it was causing any problems until my primary care doctor was doing some routine tests for other things. I discovered that I have low platlets and am spilling alot of protein in my urine. I don’t know if any of these problems are due to the medication but I have never had problems before the medication. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar?

• phylis ball // Oct 3, 2005 at 8:42 am

  I am on neurotin for nerve pain from a bulged disc.I take 300mg twice a day and 600mg at bedtime. Cant tell that its helping my pain any.I do feel sluggish from the medicine and have bad headaches. And I feel like I cant concentrate on anything very well.Been taking this medicine for about 6 months.Ant info would be appreciated. Thanks,Phylis

• Connie Chapman // Oct 5, 2005 at 1:22 pm

  I’ve been taking Neurontin for five years-plus or minus, can’t remember. As I can’t remember most of these past years. Reading these messages, I started sobbing and went on and on. Each symptom, almost, was one I told to the prescribing neurologist or the GP or numerous other healers. No one seems to recognise any symptom I have. A new doctor prescibed a replacement for Nuerontin with its successor, Lyrica. Stopped N. cold after a daily dose of 1600 mgs! Started the L. immediately. After five days of severe pain, getting worse daily, I thought to call this doctor. His receptionist took a message. When I called back after six hours (office hours) the doctor said to stop L. for two days, then start again. Google has over 400,000 listings about Neurontin withdrawal. This would confuse a person in their undrugged mind! HELP ME! I’m so angry, so upset that I’ve been treated with so much disrespect for so long, paying extreme amounts of money for no relief, just more pain, loss of mental capacity that was left, and worst of all of it is knowing that I’ve let this happen to me… that I trusted my doctors and thought they meant well.

• Marisa // Oct 11, 2005 at 8:58 pm

  My son was prescribed Neurontin by his pediatric neuronlogist after beginning to experience seizures in 2002 at the age of 12 years. While taking the Neurontin, his seizures increased in intensity, he became paranoid, aggressive and eventually began having suicidal idealations. When I found a suicide note hidden in his closet, I immediately took him to a psychiatrist who insisted that I begin whening him off his medications. My son is now medication-free, seizure-free, happy and accelling in school. I would like more information about the class-action suit. Thank you.

• April Mendola // Oct 14, 2005 at 2:54 pm