by redheadedmary » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:34 pm
I am recovering from shingles right now. I am sure many of you are aware of the nerve pain that it causes. I got to the doctor right away and got on medicine. I absolutely refused to take, accept a narcotic pain medicine for the nerve pain. I wanted something non-addictive, something where I could still function, drive........ Well he mentioned Lyrica, but its a new drug and very expensive copay for me, so we went with neurontin. I must say it is helping the nerve pain, not completely numbing it but helping a lot. Best thing is it is cheap and doesn't seem to have too many interactions with other medicines. I just wanted to share this info just in case it maybe could work for someone else who is having nerve pain.