Neurontin question- Please help

[Leannity]

My uncle died recently. I lived with him for the past 17 and a half years of my existence. There are a lot of unanswered questions that fuels my families will to know what really happened the day that he perished. Thus, I am here with another question. Please read the following and give me an educated opinion or the location of a better resource website.

My uncle began abusing drugs when I was one, when his father died. Weed, then crack, then crank. It seemed that he couldn't kick a habit without starting another. He started using crank and was addicted for a very long time. Late night tweaking resulted in being on his feet too long which resulted in foot damage. So, he found ways to ease his pain: pain killers. Oxycotten to name one. He would take anything to ease the name. My family and I just thought he was only addicted, until my grandmother took him to the doctor. The x-rays revealed cysts in his feet that hit his nerves and caused great pain with every step. She prescribed him Neurontin for the pain and told him he needed surgery. My uncle, a handyman, had no insurance. My aunt, his sister, was busy at the time trying to get him help through social security to help with surgery. With help from social security, he could have gotten his feet fixed and when to re-hab to finally quit using altogther. We thought it was a perfect plan, but social security does take a long time to respond...
I don't think anyone could understand the pain that my uncle was in on June tenth. His feet ached and so did his heart. It was 17 years after his father's death. He took went into the trailor beside our house with my cousin and shot up Morphine. He shot up enough Morphine to last a person, if worn on the SKIN, two weeks. My uncle's heart stopped. He was taken to the hospital where he remained on life support for a day. The next day we were informed that my uncle was brain dead and there was nothing the doctors could do about it. We held his hand and talked to him because the doctors said the last thing to go was his hearing. That night they turned the machines off and I was robbed of my uncle who was a day shy of 35 years old.


I KNOW my uncle didn't commit suicide, and I need to know why he died. I am so bitter and so sad. There are a lot of people to blame, and I'm sorry, but I can't help but blaming everyone of them. I NEED my uncle's death to be justified, from the person that sold the Morphine to him to the cousin that waited TWENTY minutes until calling for help. I NEED this to be justified.

My question:
My uncle knew how much to take. Is there any way that Neurontin could have clouded his mind that badly that he thought he could handle all that Morphine?

Thank-you.

-Heather

[Leannity]

Honestly, over 50 people have read this and not a single reply for my family or me?

[Guest]

I am so sorry you lost your uncle.Was an autopsy done? I would say, speak to a lawyer in your area that is well dressed in matters of class actions.Take comfort in the love you and your uncle had for each other.

[Mikeyg80]

First of all I should let you know that i'm a nurse. I just turned 24 six weeks ago. I have been treated for a range of anxiety and depressive disorders since I was 13years old. I recently suffered a severe back injury at work 25 July and haven't worked since. I was originally prescribed Tramadol Hydrochloride for the pain after telling the Dr. no email links, please the EMS what medications i was taking regularly for Psychiatric disorders, he asked what my G.P. prescribed for analgaesia as i have a codeine intolerance. He went against what i told him and issued a script for Tramal. My Pharmacist spoke to me re: interactions with reg meds and gave me a six(6) page leaflet on the side effects of Tramal. I ended up in a medically prescribed drug induced psychosis resulting in Police laying Assault and Malicious Damage charges as well as imposing an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order restricting my contact with my mother, when my mother had phoned them for help, as per the advice of Central Coast Acute Mental Health Crisis Team. The police just took me to the station and charged me with the above and let me go. They then arrested me with contravene AVO conditions but before they got around to arresting me the second time I took an overdose of my normal meds (Zyprexa) attempting to take my own life for the 4th time in my life. I woke up 3 days later in ICU with a ventilator breathing for me. I have been refused employment in a related field due to this injury, and am told that i now have to retrain because nursing will only agggravate back injury... Anyway I was being treated with Epilim for the neuropathic pain at first, then taken off that and put onto Neurontin (gabapentin) 300mgs three times a day. I reported bladder and bowel dysfuncton within 1.5wks of starting this drug and have increasing bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction. One week ago tomorrow i presented at the local EMS exhibiting symptoms that i could tell within myself were not normal and the Dr. on call brought to my attention that Neurontin(gabapentin) can induce symptoms and mimic Psychotic behaviours. When i consulted my G.P. he told me that that was not the case, however after speaking on the phone last night with the Dr. that treated me at the EMS he assured me that this was a rare effect, though is documented in MIMS and other documentation provided with the prescribing information that is available to all Dr's. when prescribing this drug. As I have suffered with anxiety and depression all my life, I knew that i was not "normal" but i feel that at least i could communicate this to the Dr because of a constant vigil i hold for my own sanity.... My message to you is PLEASE watch very closely anyone you know that is on Neurontin(gabapentin) and be aware that the drug can induce Psychoses and to seek medical advice at the earliest sign of mental instability... This drug was nearly the cause of what would have been my 5th suicide attempt, the scary thing this time was that i didn't care who i took with me... I just wanted the "torture" to end... This drug was the worst form of torture i've ever endured.

[Robert]

Heather- so so sorry to hear about your uncle.

FYI - I contacted a Law Firm (1-800-LAW FIRM), who is sending me paperwork to see if I wish to join their Class Action.
I have suffered from a variety of psychoses since being on Neurontin, and want to see what this suit is all about.
You might wanna check it out.
Please feel free to write me anytime. I am in NJ>
Robert

[Patti]

Dear Heather,
I'm so very sorry about your uncle. I know you loved him. However, from your description, it sounds like your uncle had a sever addictive problem with drugs. To be honest, I don't think Neurontin had anything to do with his death. It had to be the combination of other illegal drugs and the overdose of morphine that took him from you. Yes, he probably knew the correct doseage to take, but was simply too "out of it" to pay attention or intentionally took too much. Suicide is a hard thing to grasp when it happens to one close to you, but it is very common in drug users, especially when they are in severe pain and cannot obtain the proper treatment when needed. If anyone is to blame, it is Social Security for their ineptitude. Our governmental organizations, especial Social Security, Medicaide, are notoriously slow in helping those who truly need it, but very quick to help those who do not!

[me]

Regarding the justification needed. Don't know that "justification" is what you need. You need a plausible explanation as to why your uncle overdosed on a dangerous narcotic that he "thought" he knew how to take. The best answer that I can give you is that 1) he should have never taken medication without prescription to do so, 2) the medications that he was on will interact synergistically...meaning that the addion of the drugs together will give an action that is much, much, much greater than expected. The action of all the drugs along with morphine more than likely caused serious enhancing effects on suppressing his respirations and he simply stopped breathing. This is very common in people who overdose by accident...they simply do not understand the drug combinations they take and do so without the advice of competent medical practicioners. Sorry, but that is the best I can do to shed light on the subject.

[deidre035]

Neurontin can do alot of things I have found. One being that it can put and does put suicide ideation in your head. My father whohad never been depressed a day in his life committed suicide after taking Neurontin. In my opinion, this poison probably had a great deal to do with your uncles death! It has caused many people great pain!!!!

[Kollman]

I have done a GREAT deal of research due to my own expeiriences with meds. Shoot me an email if you want to get more in depth. I am very sorry to hear about your situation and I have lost someone to the drug as well.

Email is: no email links, please.com ( put "heather from forum" in the subject box so I dont take it as junk mail )

[4justice]

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[sassyssis2]

I was given neurontin as a pain reliever for diabetic neuropathy. I was told to take 1 / 100 mg. cap. 4 times a day. Due to depression and very "angry" tendencys, I read the "side effects" of this med. and decided to try less. So I am down to 1 cap. a day before bedtime. I feel much better and it does help my feet and leg cramps so I may sleep.

I am sorry for the loss of your Uncle. I have never considered suicide but I'm sure if I had stayed on the Dr's recommended dose, I would have done something stupid to myself or my spouse. BYW: He kept telling me "I would transform" when I took my meds. Thank God for him or I'd probably thought this was "normal" for me.

Take care and God bless us all! [/b]

[sophie]

Heather, don't believe for one minute that your uncle was "just asking for it" because he suffered from the disease of addiction. I was addicted to painkillers because of my herniated disc for 5 years before I took Neurontin for pain. I was never suicidal BEFORE I took it. I felt I needed pain killers to enjoy my life, which I did prior to taking that crap. Once I started on it,(age 28) there wasn't enough narcotics on the face of the earth to get me high enough to want to TOLERATE life much less enjoy it. I shattered both my legs in two seperate suicide attempts. Don't know why I jumped three stories. First thing they did was a drug test. Zip. I got up ate breakfast out, went home, got off the elevator on my floor and instead of going to my apt. I went out to the balcony and jumped. Did it again a year later. I was at a major hospital in Florida. Jumped off the parking garage right out side the ER bay. I think it was 2004 when a nurse in the hospital I was in for shooting myself in the knee four times with a nail gun told me to quit taking the neurontin. Within two weeks I was right as rain. I know that it made me crave narcotics like crazy, I accidentally OD'd several times myself. I did it on purpose many a times too. My cravings for narcotics decreased by about 80% when I stopped the Neurontin. So I weened myself off the painkillers easily. I have been off of it for over 3 years and I'm happy and healthy. No relapse of symptoms. Point is, YES, perhaps your uncle thought his tolerance was as such that he could handle it, or the Neurontin made him crave so badly he over did it. The human mind is complicated enough. You add a disease like addiction, plus the stress of physical pain and the inability to support yourself...and then throw in that poison...I know the people who decided to market that stuff illegally should be strung up on the White House Lawn by their scrotums. Bush and Phizer have been in bed together for quite some time. Bush should be made to answer for his part. Clinton just had a little fun behind closed doors and they impeached him. There's no justice. This country has officially gone to hell in a handbasket.

[dixie74801]

If you are lucky enough to find someone taking lawsuits on Neurontin let me know please. I too am having the same problems and syptoms as you are. I even lost my job because of this medicine. I am currently still taking it because when I tried to stop taking it the syptoms got so bad and the pain I thought my head was going to explode. It was prescribed to me for migraines. Only to find out my migraines were being caused by brain tumors. When I lost control of my hands while cooking one night and spilled hot liquid on my and severly burned myself in two places leaving bad scars I contacted the doctor that prescribed this medicine to me only to be told by his nurse he was refusing to see or treat me unless I could pay him for all visits in advance which I was not able to do. So if you have any luck finding a lawyer willing to take these claims please let me know. I can be reached at no email links, please.com Thanks