Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Concerning your Dad getting nausea everytime he eats, he might have diabetic gastroparesis, a nasty little side effect of uncontrolled sugars, also irreversible, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 I used Zonegran for about 5 months. The pain doctor started me at 100 mg and had me increase by 100 mg each week until I reached 300. I felt better quickly the second week at 200, waited 2 weeks to increase it because I was traveling and didn't want more side effects. At 300 I no longer got burning. I had other problems-- contact pain and back and buttock pain, but the Zonegran definitely helped the vulvodynia. The side effect for me were feeling a bit jittery and wonky, and a little bit nauseated. Those went away, but I lost too much weight because the stuff changes the way some foods taste and suppresses your appetite. Sweet things tasted awful-- chocolate tasted like dirt. There were other things I couldn't eat, also, and I never felt like eating very much. I went to 97lbs and everyone wondered if I had cancer or something. Be aware that Zonegran also causes kidney stones in 10% of people who take it. Drink lots of water. I decided to go off of it before I lost more weight. I went on neurontin, which has very few side effects for me, but doesn't seem to work as well. I'm up to 1600 mg. D On 24 Sep 2005 at 21:36, VulvarDisorders wrote: > pain management doctor > > > Hi all! I had apponment 3 weeks ago to pain managment doctor. Like I > understood he never heart about vulvodynia any thing. He asked me do > some blood work and prescribed ZONEGRAN 100 mg.He told me about some nerve > block that he can do ,but I really did not understood much > about it.I feel very depressed and hopeless.I asked my family doctor to > referral me to pain doctor who specialize on vulvar pain but he did not know > any one. Is it important to see pain management doctor who know about > vulvodynia? > I had very bad experience with NEURONTIN b/c my pain got much worse after > taking that medicine,so it took me 3weeks to decide take ZONEGRAN. I took it > for four days and I feel worse. I am not sure may be it's not b/c medicine. > I really don't what to do. > Marina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 : you know what? I wonder if the fact that chocolate tasted like dirt and that sweets were awful for you was part of what helped you. hmmmmm that old SUGAR monster. Do you eat much chocolate now and sweets? Do you get the burning still while on your neurontin? hugs, Lou Sweet things tasted awful--chocolate tasted like dirt. END SummaryVulvar pain is a complex disorder that is frequently frustrating to both practitioner and patient. It can be a difficult process to treat. Improvement may take weeks to months. Spontaneous remission of symptoms has occurred in some women, while with others, multiple attempts with medical management have proven unsuccessful in relieving 100% of the symptoms. The treatment of vulvar pain is confounded by the fact that the cause is unknown in a great majority of cases. It is important to recognize that rapid resolution of symptomatic vulvar pain is unusual even with appropriate therapy. Additionally, no single treatment program is successful in all women. Concurrent emotional and psychological support can be invaluable.Hope K. Haefner, M.D.Director, The University of Michigan Center for Vulvar DiseasesAnn Arbor, Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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