Advice needed

Turbogran

my daughter has recently been told she has wear and tear in her knee and also spine or as my dr would say osteoarthritis she was recently prescribed Gabapentin prior to starting Gabapentin she sometimes had odd times of numbness not sure where now and sometimes the odd involuntary twitch (when a baby she did have a couple of infantile convulsions) since taking the Gab the pain as improved the twitch has got less but the numbness is slightly more has anyone else on Gabapentin experienced odd times of numbness. any advice appreciated

stickywicket

I really have no experience of this, Carol. Simply going by what others have written on here I get the impression that numbness is caused by nerves being compressed (probably as a result of the arthritis).

I think you'll get more replies if you re-post this on the Living With Arthritis forum.

If in doubt I think she should go back to her GP. It might be something they wouldn't treat but better safe than sorry. Please let's know how she goes on.


[Hi, great idea, thread moved to LWA
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frogmorton

Carol gabapentin is also an epilepsy medication....interesting isn't it?

She ought to mention this all to her Dr. he/she might want an MRI on her spine if they haven't already.

The numbness needs to be reported - will she let you go with her as support/extra ears?

Love

Toni xx