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severe pain in feet and legs and weight gain

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MarieAzzi84
MarieAzzi84

I've been taking gabapentin for a few months now and I've got a really sweet tooth and gained weight has this happened to anyone else please

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  • peter1959
    peter1959 MarieAzzi84

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    Hi Marie,

    I appreciate its now 3 months since you posted your problem. When I had the start of peripheral neuropathy the doctors started me on gabapentin 900mg 3 times a day, Oxycontin 80mg twice a day it helped with the pain in my feet but also I started to have cravings for anything sweet. Because I started to gain weight they put me on Victoza which I inject once a day this helped with my cravings, however, I've noticed over the past 3 months they are returning.

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