ALPRAZOLAM vs GABAPENTIN

34F Height 5'5 Weight 130lbs Race white Medications sertraline 100mgs, alprazolam .5mgs as needed, ibuprofen as needed (I know I use too much, generally 800mgs every 4 hours). Current daily smoker, no drinking, no drug use. I was in a motor vehicle accident in 2004 which resulted in a shattered ri

In short, I am a 33 year old male who has been on alprazolam 90mg for 19 years. The times I have gone without it, I have had seizures consistently as well as suicidal ideation. I have tried coming off of it but it never goes well. Literally out of nowhere, the nurse practitioner randomly said she do

*This is a* ***LOT*** *of information, but we wanted to give all of you as much as we could. The local doctors have had no idea and everything they've thought it could be has been wrong. We've seen an orthopedist, a general practitioner, and now a rheumatologist.* 39M, 5'9 height, 230lbs, caucasian

Well, our DM sent an email out to lock up all popular items. (alprazolam, any kind of -tussin, and pretty much any benzo) This is reasonable enough, but it was added on that we need to take down ALL will-call bags, place them into empty vial boxes, and lock them in our storage room. Of course, we ar

Hi AskDocs community My mother is having some issues at the moment and I feel like she might be overmedicated. She is on multiple different medications daily for years and I feel like something really needs to change as her health is really deteriorating over the past few months. Some background on

3 days ago I had a seizure in my room, I fell and hit my head and somehow survived. Since then I’ve been tasting metal in my mouth, my tummy and chest feel hot, I completely lost interest in everything, no appetite, everything seems so surreal and eerie I feel like I died I don’t know. It’s been 3 d

I'm a person who struggles with bipolar II (Rexulti, Zyprexa) and PTSD related panic attacks (Alprazolam) from a family member's suicide, yesterday I was planned to go on a trip to see my best friend graduate college. I never travel anywhere without all three of my medications in order for the time

I'm a tech. My pharmacy hired a new staff pharmacist in August and I mean NEW. She just graduated this year. In our opinion, she has absolutely been handling the job like a champ, especially since our store is notorious for being one of the crazier and more challenging ones to work at. Yesterday we

Just a bit of comical diversion in the midst of COVID and your hard work. I live in rural Mississippi, and we get our local news report from a city of less than 40 thousand people. As a result, sometimes the station doesn't have enough news to fill the half hour; they supplement with generic, prefa

I was talking with a friend who is counseling patients in Cambodia. For those who don't know, Cambodian prescribing is pretty...lax and that is putting it lightly. Hear this: * Patient is a 25yo female who describes being depressed every day for 2-3yrs with SI 1-2x/wk. Pt was not reciving talk thera

I had a patient call about her clonazepam medication. It needed PA since it's a new year. Also medication is too soon to pick up because she claims her meds were stolen tried to give me a bogus police report, no Dx code of the medication either, its the the weekend and doctor won't be in the office

Patient is a canine. Alprazolam 1 mg, #90 for 45 days supply. Has filled ~700 tablets in past year. And what’s your rationale for/against?

I just came across this sad story about a man suffering with pain from **bone** cancer (extremely painful!) who could only get Gabapentin for pain relief. He and his wife of 52 years jumped to their deaths holding hands. Now imagine if he had received proper pain relief! This is utterly heartbreakin

New study just dropped recently. We are so cooked 😔 https://bmjgroup.com/nerve-pain-drug-gabapentin-linked-to-increased-dementia-cognitive-impairment-risks/

Day 5 tomorrow admitted with intractable neck pain and new evolving neuro symptoms. MRI tomorrow to see if my brain or my cervical spine are responsible for whatever is happening to me. Some unpleasant possibilities on the table like MS or my cancer coming back and I'm growing a uterus in my brain �

I need to feel like I’m not crazy. I was diagnosed with fibro about two years ago. Underwent quite a few tests including an EMG to rule out other things. Currently taking gabapentin to help symptoms. But along with the pain I get so many muscle twitches. Kind of like when you get that really annoyi

Today my boyfriend of a year told me he doesn’t think I should be taking my opioid pain medication any longer. I have had chronic pain for 18 years, have tried every single thing I could think of, that was recommended to me, have had multiple surgeries, and ended up with CRPS in my right hip/thigh.

I'm going to share my story and what I've found does work and doesn't work for me. Feel free to ask questions. And feel free to comment with your own journey. I was diagnosed at 23. I went to Disney world and on the second day I woke up and couldn't walk. I was in so much pain. My legs and feet wer

And the only fibromyalgia drug in existence as far as any of them know is gabapentin, but gabapentin makes it so you can't feel your clitoris.

I had my monthly appointment with my PM doc this morning. I brought up the new drug that has just been approved by the FDA and wanted to get his thoughts on it. He said and I am quoting him pretty detailed here; The drug has only been approved by the FDA for acute pain only, as in post surgical pa