Answer my health question - Side effects of Neurontin
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This article is part of a series helping you to find the proper answers regarding pain medications. We will discuss the Neurotin side effects, the way Neurotin works with the body and pain medications without prescription.
Narcotic painkillers have the effect of managing pain by directing various signals to your brain and controlling specific receptors along the spinal cord to reduce any emotional response to any sort of discomfort. Certain painkillers have proven to be effective at completely eradicating chronic pain caused by accidents, injury or surgery, as well as chronic illness such as cancer. The following drug will the subject of this article: Neurotin and Topomax.
What is Neurotin?
Neurotin is an anti-epileptic medication that will greatly reduce convulsions in patients and can be used along other medications to treat seizures. The drug inside Neurotin is also a proven remedy that relieves the burning pain that occurs when having been diagnosed with shingles (herpes zoster).
Neurotin side effects can occur and caution should be used. The most common Neurotin side effects can bring problems with vision and reaction time. Driving or operating heavy machinery can be dangerous for patients and is not recommended at least at first until your body adapts to the narcotic. Taking Neurotin is advised against if you are allergic to gabapentin and/or if you have liver, heart or kidney disease.
What is Topamax?
Topamax (topiramate) are available as 25mg, 50mg, 100mg and 200mg tablets. Topamax is also another way to fight effectively for convulsions. The FDA also approved Topamax in 1995 with preventing chronic migraines for adults only (more than 4 times a month), bipolar disorder and is also used to help with weight gain issues while taking antidepressants. Topamax works on the chemicals in the brain and will change the signal it sends to the nerves, hence impressively reducing pain.
Although it has helped millions of people, the Topamax side effects are not to be taken lightly. This medication is a powerful drug and can cause short term memory loss, nausea, somnolence, confusion and respiratory infections. These side effects have been reported in less than 1% of the patients taking Topomax but if you do experience one of these, consult your physician right away.
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Date Submitted: 2/1/2010
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