Medications can have side affects. Gabapentin and pregabalin are no exception. It is easy to find horror stories about these medications. These medications may adversely harm the brain. The list of bad side effects are many. But what if the person that relies upon these drugs lives in constant pain and agony without these drugs? Is debilitating pain that keeps a person from sleeping and in agony less harmful than the side effects a drug that may alleviate the pain can cause?
Chronic, intense and acute pain are not easy to deal with. Gabapentin and pregabalin may offer a way for some that live with certain types of intense pain to have a better quality of life. Others may find that it offers no benefit. And still others may find that the negative side affects outweigh anything positive that the drugs can produce. There is no way to know if these drugs will help lessen specific types of intense pain other than by trying them under a medical professionals' supervision.
Finding relief from pain is a difficult road. Snake oil sales people know this. A lot of false promises are made regarding an array of treatments, ointments, herbs, pills, medicines and so forth. Pregabalin and gabapentin are two possible drugs in the arsenal against living with specific types of intense pain. If they help a person live better and sleep better, then it is very well possible that the positives outweigh the negatives. If not, the search must continue for a way to live with intense, chronic and acute pain without resorting to far worse alternatives.
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