Any more on Gabitril?

[Guest guest]

Gabitril sure seems to be turning rapidly into the new darling of the

neuropathic pain world, overtaking Neurontin's spot. I saw my

psychiatrist today, and he said he had just been to a chronic pain

conference with a lot of results on Gabitril. It seems to work well on

neuropathic pain and also to improve deep sleep, but it takes at least 4

weeks to kick in. You also have to go up on the dose *very* slowly

(2mg/week) to avoid side effects, such as the ones that caused me to

give it up the other week.

So I'm giving it another try, this time *very* slowly (and with food) to

avoid these same problems again. It would really help my morale to find

at least one other person with neuropathic pain for whom it is a miracle

drug... :-)

Phil

[Guest guest]

hi Phil,

I'm not on gabitril, but am curious about it as neurontin isn't brilliant.

could you please post the drug's non trade name for those of us not in the

usa.

Thanks in advance,

Siel

[Guest guest]

hi Phil,

I'm not on gabitril, but am curious about it as neurontin isn't brilliant.

could you please post the drug's non trade name for those of us not in the

usa.

Thanks in advance,

Siel

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> hi Phil,

> I'm not on gabitril, but am curious about it as neurontin isn't brilliant.

> could you please post the drug's non trade name for those of us not in the

> usa.

Gabitril's generic name is tiagabine HCl. It's a " selective " GABA

reuptake inhibitor. I put " selective " in quotes because I've not been

able to find any details on exactly *how* it is supposed to be selective.

GABA is one of the most important inhibitory neurotransmitters in the

nervous system. Inhibiting GABA reuptake enhances its activity, just as

SSRI antidepressants enhance the activity of serotonin by inhibiting its

reuptake.

www.rxlist.com is a good place to look up both trade and generic names

of drugs and to get their prescribing information.

Phil