Gabapentin for Hot Flashes User Reviews (Page 5)

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 11, 2024

"I used gabapentin before I had fusion in my neck. The pain had radiated down my left side of my arm, shoulder, elbow, clear down to my hand. I started using gabapentin and eventually got up to 2700 mg per day for 4 1/2 months until surgery. Solved the problem. Gradually got off the gabapentin but had hot flashes and chills for days and days. Still having them after being off of gabapentin for a week. Medication worked well for pain, but it has terrible side effects to get off of it. Don’t let anyone tell you there are no withdrawal symptoms because there are, at least for me. Just so you know, I am a very healthy 70-year-old female with no other medical problems and no problems getting around!"

• In...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 12, 2021

"I heard a lot of great things about how gabapentin can really help reduce hot flashes/ night sweats. I have been suffering with horrible night sweats for 5 years. My doctor prescribed 300 mg before bedtime to start. It did help with the night sweats quite a bit - but still have one or two during the night, so the doctor said to increase the dosage to 600 mg per night. That helped a lot, but I started to experience horrible anxiety and terrible nightmares/ waking with anxiety. Plus, my vision was starting to become blurred, and after about three months of taking this drug, I developed a bald patch in the back of my hair. My doctor said that I could be in the 1% of people who experience these side effects. So, I am starting to wean off this medication altogether. But it makes me sad because it did actually work quite well for the night sweats. But the other side effects are just too risky."

• Jac...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 11, 2021

"I have been taking gabapentin for a few years now for hot flashes, and it works great. But for the past month, I have been getting welts all over and swollen lips and around my eyes, wondering if it is due to gabapentin?"

• rob...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 9, 2024

"I've been taking 900 mg. Today, it seems to be helping. I've been hot flash-free for almost a month now, and I was having severe hot flashes. I would recommend trying it for allergies first and gradually working your way up because it does make you very tired. I only take 300 mg at a time."

• Mar...
• August 9, 2013

"After a year of suffering from severe hot flashes, I was prescribed Gabapentin and what a relief. If I forget to take it, hot flashes resume with a vengeance! This totally works for me!"

• Kel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 1, 2014

"I've only had 2 hot flashes since I started this. What a HUGE relief!"

• pon...
• September 10, 2008

Gabapentin "Have been taking Neurontin for 6 days, dramatic decrease in number and severity of hot flushes!"

• rel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 5, 2016

"I was prescribed Neurontin for hot flashes, 300 mg at night. I haven't had any hot flashes since I started taking it a week ago. I absolutely love this relief this medication has given me."

• Anonymous
• August 4, 2011

Gabapentin "I was given long-acting gabapentin during a clinical study, and it was extremely effective but has not been approved by the FDA yet for hot flashes."

• avo...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 1, 2017

"Totally eliminates my night sweats. I went out of town one night and forgot to take it with me - I couldn't sleep at all because of the sweating and agitation. I won't make that mistake again."

• she...
• June 2, 2015

"I kept thinking it was a quirk or just me. Well, it works. If I miss my nightly dose, I have a night of hot, cold. Hot, cold all night."

• MMa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 12, 2019

"I'm glad this works for some people, but this drug put me in a real dark place, and I nearly died as a result. Withdrawal symptoms from stopping this medication without tapering off were terrible."

• Jmd...
• November 6, 2016

"I've been taking Gabapentin for hot flushes brought on by an anti-hormone aromatase inhibitor pill called Femara. The therapeutic dose is 300 mg three times a day. It's working like a charm."

• Gla...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 12, 2016

"Prescribed for hot flashes, and it works! Also suffer neck pain from damage caused by a traffic collision, it seems to help that as well... I don't take any other pain medications."

• Anonymous
• March 24, 2008

"Have suffered hot flushes for 20 years as a side effect of amitriptyline. Gabapentin definitely reduces the severity of the flushes, although not stopping them completely."

• Kar...
• April 11, 2016

"50 mg of gabapentin takes care of my hot flashes at night. I don't get them during the day, thank goodness."

• tam...
• May 10, 2016

"I have been on gabapentin for 3 months. I take 600 mg 3 times a day. It also helps with my nerve pain from diabetic neuropathy. This medication has been a life changer."

• Diz...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 16, 2019

"I took this med for less than 3 months. Stopped taking it cold turkey after my vision failed me while I was driving. Not a good drug!"

• Tch...
• September 1, 2016

"I have been taking 300 mg twice daily to help with hot flashes from taking anastrozole following breast cancer. Unfortunately, I am seeing no improvement."

• Wla...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 1, 2021

"I took gabapentin at bedtime for hot flashes. I still had flashes, insomnia, and I woke up with extreme sadness and mental anguish. I will stick to CBD drops."

• Sam...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 28, 2019

"In trials, it took 900 mg of gabapentin to alleviate hot flashes. 300 mg put me to sleep. Did not work at all."

• Anonymous
• April 24, 2021

"This does not work for hot flashes. I take it daily, and it does nothing, and I take 1200 mg a day!"

• A...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 22, 2024

"I take 600 mg 3x a day and my hot flashes have stopped. I feel normal again. Love this!"