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My partner wants to come of grbapentin

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kelly_74755
kelly_74755

Hi can anyone help me my parner suffers with trapped nerve in his back and spondylitis in his neck he has been on transfec transdermal patches for about 3/4 years which were helping him a lot with pain but reasently been having a allergic reaction on his skin where patch was so he went to doctors and they gave him gabapentin actavis capsules and told him to take 100 mg three times a day which his started since yesterday, they have made him very ill he is aching all over and feels drained and feeling sick ,he wants to stop taking and go back to his transtec patch the last one he took was about 6 o'clock this morning so since yesterday his had 400 mg , can anyone tell me how long it takes to get out of his system as he is in a lot of pain and wants to put transtec patch on as soon as thank you .

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  • robert68588
    robert68588 kelly_74755

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    Hi Kelly,I would think if he just took it for the one day that it would probably be out of his system within 24-48 hours since he just started and if he drank plenty of water to wash it out.Best to check with the doc to make sure.He may still be able to put the patch on anyway.Good luck and God Bless You,Bob

  • samkc3017
    samkc3017 kelly_74755

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    I'm not positive but if he stops now after about 8hrs should be out of system have him talk to dr about it there are other nerve drugs similar to gabapentin that may work for him sorry to hear he feeling so sick on top of being in pain is the worst hope he feels better soon.

  • terry51161
    terry51161 kelly_74755

    Posted

    My sister has a skin sinsitivity to a transdermal patch she is on.  She puts Flonase on the skin before applying the patch.  This ended the skin reactions.
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