Hi All
I have finally been diagnosed with ro lupus but still waiting to see a rheumy.
I've just done a pain rehab course and received a good telling off for not taking meds to control my condition - I also suffer from hypothyroidism, epilepsy and spinal arthritis and take a cocktail of drugs already plaquenil, epilim and thyroxine.
Anyway my question: my GP put me on gabapentin yesterday to control muscle spasms and hopefully paresthesia. However, she didn't want to prescribe it - she wanted to give me amitriptaline but thankfully couldn't because of interaction with my anti-convulsants. It did also come up that gabapentin interacts with plaquenil - but she had no idea why so prescribed it. Does anyone know what this is?
Thanks
Sammy
I have finally been diagnosed with ro lupus but still waiting to see a rheumy.
I've just done a pain rehab course and received a good telling off for not taking meds to control my condition - I also suffer from hypothyroidism, epilepsy and spinal arthritis and take a cocktail of drugs already plaquenil, epilim and thyroxine.
Anyway my question: my GP put me on gabapentin yesterday to control muscle spasms and hopefully paresthesia. However, she didn't want to prescribe it - she wanted to give me amitriptaline but thankfully couldn't because of interaction with my anti-convulsants. It did also come up that gabapentin interacts with plaquenil - but she had no idea why so prescribed it. Does anyone know what this is?
Thanks
Sammy