Neurontin

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Neurontin was developed for seizures . . . most docs

prefered the tried and tested drug. So the

manufacturer, in an effort to recoup their money and

make more, sent their sales reps across the country to

tell doctors the wonders of Neurontin - all off label,

of course. They actually went into examining rooms

with doctors, stepped out and recommended how much

Neurontin to prescribe, and told the doctors that, if

that didn't work to double and redouble it.

If the doctors prescribed enough, they were rewarded

with junkets. . . If they really got on the bandwagon

and prescribed a lot, they were paid to be speakers to

other doctors on these junkets.

When I complained to my doctor's nurse about the

scene, she told me this wasn't at all unusual! The

feds fined the manufacturer's $430,000,000 for the way

they marketed the drug. There was an attempt for a

class action suit against the mfgs. because so many

people either committed suicide, or succeded in

committing suicide while on the drug.

Neurontin has been prescribed repeatedly to me for a

variety of reasons . . . It never was effective. In

fact, my feet didn't start burning until after taking

it. When I finally figure out what was going on with

my feet and found a support group, it was dismaying,

everyone was going downhill - unfortunately everyone

was taking Neurontin! It was there that I found a

doctor who recommended supplementing with Magnesium.

Thank God that worked! . . .Most of the people on the

support group were so wed to conventional medicine

that they ridiculed Dr. Mannsmann who tried to tell

them about Magnesium.

Neurontin acts to block a particular nerve pathway. It

also depeletes the body's magnesium.

Hugs,

Rogene