Neurontin = trade name gabapentin = generic name Same drug Marieke RN TM @ T1, 2004
--Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:48:52 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TMIC] I was told that they are - I was prescribed Neuronton & my meds company (Medco) sent me Gabapentin BERNARD BUTCHER From: Colleen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:56 PM To: 'Gerry Surette'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TMIC] Isn’t gabapentin and neurontin the same thing? Colleen in NJ -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Surette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TMIC] Have yiou tried gabapentin; Why are you taking 8 10 other meds. I am not an md but you should certainly check with your md. re side effects. Why do you want to try lyrica? gabapentin workes the same way as lyrica with no side effects. to me and this is my personal opinion the less drugs you take the better it is. >From: robert hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [TMIC] Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:31:30 -0400 > >thanks to everyone who replied. let me clarify some of the meds i take. >3600 milligrams of nuerotonin/day, baclofen, zanaflex, fioricet, i also >take coumadin, so asperin is out of question. i also take about 9-10 other >drugs for various things. do you think a switch to lyrica would be worth my >time? b/c it will take awhile to get weened off the nuerotonin. >_________________________________________________________________ >Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.5/1537 - Release Date: 7/6/2008 5:26 AM --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:04:35 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [email protected] Subject: RE: [TMIC] yes I believe they are the same; Gabapentin is the generict of neuronton. but much less expensive >From: "Butcher, Bernard G (NY80)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Gerry Surette" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [TMIC] >Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:48:52 -0400 > >I was told that they are - I was prescribed Neuronton & my meds company >(Medco) sent me Gabapentin > >BERNARD BUTCHER > > >________________________________ > >From: Colleen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:56 PM >To: 'Gerry Surette'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [TMIC] > > > > > >Isn't gabapentin and neurontin the same thing? Colleen in NJ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gerry Surette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:25 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [TMIC] > > > > > > > >Have yiou tried gabapentin; Why are you taking 8 10 other meds. I am not >an > >md but you should certainly check with your md. re side effects. Why do >you > >want to try lyrica? gabapentin workes the same way as lyrica with no >side > >effects. to me and this is my personal opinion the less drugs you take >the > >better it is. > > >From: robert hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Subject: [TMIC] Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:31:30 -0400 > > > > > >thanks to everyone who replied. let me clarify some of the meds i take. > > > >3600 milligrams of nuerotonin/day, baclofen, zanaflex, fioricet, i also > > > >take coumadin, so asperin is out of question. i also take about 9-10 >other > > >drugs for various things. do you think a switch to lyrica would be >worth my > > >time? b/c it will take awhile to get weened off the nuerotonin. > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. > > >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAG >LM_WL_messenger_072008 > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG. > >Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.5/1537 - Release Date: 7/6/2008 >5:26 AM > > > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:40:59 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: [TMIC] TMA Newsletter Hi all, I felt so compelled to write after reading the first few pages of the newsletter. Normally when the newsletter arrives, it sits on my desk for a bit and then I slowly read through it and it takes quite a while for me to finish it. This time, I set it on the desk and this morning I decided to start reading and I couldn’t put it down. The story and the letters were so inspiring. This TM affliction affects all of us in totally different ways, yet there are so many inspiring stories that we can all learn so much from. To imagine that a gentleman in prison was able to love and nurture an animal and receive so much of a loving, rewarding experience blows my mind! For Pauline to have found such a perfect match for her, is totally unbelievable! These people have come together and learned and grown so much from this experience, it makes me tear up just thinking about it all. I do wish I were better with the written word and could put all my thoughts and feelings down on paper like they all did. For anyone out there that is on the “fence” about going to the upcoming symposium, go! It is a life changing experience and you will meet some of the most awesome people. For Pauline and Sandy, the picture of Pauline and Kazu, they look so great together, it is one of those “meant to be” moments in my life. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. Lori --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:33:14 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: [TMIC] 7 years ago today, i woke up & couldn't move my legs. later that night, in the ER, everything changed; for the worse. my bladder shut down (i felt like i really had to pee, although i couldn't go, so a catheter was inserted & the most terrible-colored liquid came out that i have ever seen), i stopped breathing, so i was put on a breathing machine, my whole upper body basically stopped working. at the time i was a C-4. throughout my 3-4 week stay at the hospital i gradually made it up to a C-6 level, which is where i am today. after i left the hospital, i went to the rehabilitation hospital of indiana (RHI) i was here for 3 months & then i went home. from september of 01' (when i came home) to december of 02' i was hospitalized no less than 18 times for UTI's (urinary tract infections) that had progressed into kidney infections. these were literally the sickest days of my life (hopefully forever). i'm talking fevers of 105 & hallucinating! then i had a tendon transfer, to give me a better grip, then a muscle transfer, to give me a tricept and finally a iliostomy. after my iliostomy i have not been back to the hospital. throughout all of this i managed to go back to school & get my B.S. in Psychology. i graduated in December of 06'. i am now 27 & am going back to school to get my masters in education. so, hopefully in 2 years, i will be making a difference in the lives of kids. i & the rest of y'all can bring the most most important experience to the table in everything we do: LIFE EXPERIENCE. thank you very much- bobby Making the world a better place one message at a time. Check out the i'm Talkathon. --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:33:10 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Three-Year Mark Re: [TMIC] Three-Year Mark Thanks for sharing, Naomi. My third year anniversary is in November. I am at long last home in my house again, but it has been so hard (i'm in a wheelchair) as the things for independence- egress, transportation and showering are not here or weren't installed correctly. doing this on my own is hard and yes, the lack and loss of friends is painful. Yet I have hope, hope for a cure for us. that all be well, Akua -- http://www.akuadesigns.etsy.com http://www.artfarm.com http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/akualezli/ --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:10:11 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Congratulations on you're positive attitude and the astounding strides you have made while 'living' with tm!! How lucky the students whose lives you will touch... they'll learn so much than those in other classes, because they'll see what a positive attitude and drive can accomplish! Power to you!! janh robert hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 7 years ago today, i woke up & couldn't move my legs. later that night, in the ER, everything changed; for the worse. my bladder shut down (i felt like i really had to pee, although i couldn't go, so a catheter was inserted & the most terrible-colored liquid came out that i have ever seen), i stopped breathing, so i was put on a breathing machine, my whole upper body basically stopped working. at the time i was a C-4. throughout my 3-4 week stay at the hospital i gradually made it up to a C-6 level, which is where i am today. after i left the hospital, i went to the rehabilitation hospital of indiana (RHI) i was here for 3 months & then i went home. from september of 01' (when i came home) to december of 02' i was hospitalized no less than 18 times for UTI's (urinary tract infections) that had progressed into kidney infections. these were literally the sickest days of my life (hopefully forever). i'm talking fevers of 105 & hallucinating! then i had a tendon transfer, to give me a better grip, then a muscle transfer, to give me a tricept and finally a iliostomy. after my iliostomy i have not been back to the hospital. throughout all of this i managed to go back to school & get my B.S. in Psychology. i graduated in December of 06'. i am now 27 & am going back to school to get my masters in education. so, hopefully in 2 years, i will be making a difference in the lives of kids. i & the rest of y'all can bring the most most important experience to the table in everything we do: LIFE EXPERIENCE. thank you very much- bobby _________________________________________________________________
