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[Dysphagia] Neurontin etc
Vikki Stefans <vstefans@george.ach.uams.edu> wrote:
overall Neurontin is tolerated well by
the vast majority who get it.
** Possibly true but it is not at all well tolerated by the elderly or those who are significantly neurologically vulnerable. I saw a gentleman aged 48, a couple of weeks ago , who was being treated with large doses of Neurontin for neuropathic pain. He could barely walk, could not remember the address of a friend in a town in which he had lived all of his life, had extreme edema of hands and feet etc. etc - just about every one of the listed side effects - and was still in severe pain. From my perspective, like many other antileptics, its potentially toxic affinity for the cerebellum makes it a last choice for many purposes.
Irene.
Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
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