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Suggest Recommended Dosage Of Gabapentine In Shingles Patients
I am on Gabapentine for pain from shingles, I was on 300 mg, for a few days and had to increase this 600 mg. This helped a little so increased to 900, 3 times a day. This helped with the pain, but the pain still persisted.Can you tell me can I increase the dosage any more. Thank you. Ray
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
Hi,
I request you not to increase the dose of medications such as Gabapentin, Pregabalin, Carbamazepine, Sodium valproate etc. These drugs act directly on nervous system and may cause severe adverse effects if not administered carefully. If you have severe pain, you could take one or two doses of over the counter pain killer tablets.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Siva Subramanian,
Dermatologist
I request you not to increase the dose of medications such as Gabapentin, Pregabalin, Carbamazepine, Sodium valproate etc. These drugs act directly on nervous system and may cause severe adverse effects if not administered carefully. If you have severe pain, you could take one or two doses of over the counter pain killer tablets.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Siva Subramanian,
Dermatologist
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