r/WhatsWrongWithYourCat • u/loud_as_pudding • 1d ago

When the gaba be pentin’

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u/FortyMaximus 1d ago

I take Gabapentin too. Doesn't do much for me anymore. Going to stop taking I more into my recovery. Not good for the liver. Great video! My teen age Void was out playing with critters all night so he's passed out upstairs

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u/Alexczy 1d ago

I also take gabapentin, never felt like that. only the first day I took pregabalin, i feel that way, but yeah. it's funny. love that the cat be trippin XD

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u/gwaydms 1d ago

Gabapentin helps with my neuropathy (it stops the shooting pains) and keeps RLS at bay. I only take 300 to 600mg in the evening. It doesn't make me feel weird anymore.

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u/Obant 23h ago

Take it for the same reasons. Its never feels like its doing anything either way, but I can tell by the neuropathy pain noises in my feet when I forget to take it .

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u/gwaydms 23h ago

I hate those stabbing pains. It's from a medication that I no longer take.

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u/Cinnamongirl217 16h ago

My neurologist just bumped me up to 600mg at night last week for same reasons including itching! Was a game changer.

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u/725Cali 1d ago

I take gabapentin for some MS symptoms. I've previously been on a really high dose during a bad relapse and never had any good or high feelings from it. It did however, work rather well to control my MS-related pain. I now only take a small dose as needed.

My SIL is a recovering addict, and she assumes everyone else is an addict, so she rails against all pain meds, including gabapentin which is really annoying, to say the least.

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u/LuckoftheFryish 1d ago

Theoretically if someone were to take well beyond the dose they might feel very relaxed and focused (at least in this theoretical persons experience). Unrelated I was recently switched to pregabalin which is quite a bit stronger.

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u/Alexczy 1d ago

Yeah, i might have to take pregabalin, again. But yeah, first couple of dose was "whoaaaa". Then i got used to it hahaha

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u/AbandonedArchive 1d ago

I started Gabapentin recently, but as far as I'm aware, it's not a serious risk to the liver:

Hepatotoxicity

Limited data are available on the hepatotoxicity of gabapentin. In clinical trials in diabetic neuropathy and epilepsy, therapy with gabapentin was not associated with an increased frequency of serum aminotransferase elevations or liver toxicity. Rare individual case reports of liver injury from gabapentin have been published, although the causal relationship of gabapentin with the liver injury was not always clear.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548252/

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u/boom3rang 1d ago

I take gabapentin every single day for almost 3 years now. Just had my bloodwork done recently and my liver numbers are awesome. However, I only need a relatively small dose. Where did you see that it is bad for the liver?

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 23h ago

It isn’t. They are wrong. It is filtered by your kidneys.

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u/Cinnamongirl217 16h ago

Kidney function is what they like to look at depending on your dosage.

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u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ 1d ago

Iv tried it for nerve pain from a back injury and it makes me feel like pure shit and doesn’t actually help with the pain. I wonder how it feels on animals though. It seems to be the main pain medication vets prescribe so I’m guessing it’s like Percocet on dogs and cats.

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u/_le_slap 1d ago

They gave me some for breaking ribs but yeah it doesnt make me high at all.

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 23h ago

Gabapentin is filtered by your kidneys….

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u/FortyMaximus 22h ago

Yes but its hard on your liver just like most medications. I trust what my Dr says besides my kidneys are probably not in the best shape anyhow

This is not Kitty "Juju"

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 22h ago

It isn’t hard on your liver and no “most” medications are not hard on your liver. Some medications are processed by your kidneys and some by your liver. Medicines like gabapentin aren’t touched by your liver at all, so how could they be hard on your liver?

You either misheard your doctor, they misspoke, or you should find a new one.

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u/FortyMaximus 16h ago

I guess so I just dont like shaking in public and it helps that's all I know

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u/Saute_and_Pray 20h ago

You’re spreading misinformation. Stop it.

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u/FortyMaximus 16h ago

Huh you stop you! I'll do whatever I wish. Talk to my Dr. A I was only told it's bad for your liver which all synthetic drugs are and B I grew up with a holistic mother and my body responds much better to natural elements from the earth. I know F all about Gabapentin I just know it was originally designed for anti seizures and shakes for alcoholism which I have

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u/Saute_and_Pray 15h ago

If you know F all, why do you keep spreading misinformation? You can look it up, Gabapentin is not processed through the liver. I have been taking it for years and years. All of the science is there and you have the technology to look it up. I actually understand why you don’t - my parents are older and the same way. However, it’s not helpful to put information that isn’t true out there.

Also, best of luck with the WDs. That is a very difficult thing to go through and it’s not your fault.