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Reviewer: Winters, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This has quelled my severe headaches. Before, they immobilized me, and I was in so much pain. Now, I haven’t had symptoms since a few weeks after I started taking this. It does have the dry mouth side effect, which is annoying, but better than the pounding migraine
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Reviewer: Liz, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This medication is poison. I suffered from insomnia, fear and depression. Coming off was 10 days of misery. Don’t take it!!!!
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Reviewer: Debbie, 55-64 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I've been battling arthritis in my shoulder/clavical. 9 of 10 on the pain scale. Five years and 15 doctors later I had a pain specialist prescribe 25mg 1/day Nortriptyline along with 200mg Gabapentin. Only the 2 meds together relieve my pain. Neither help alone.
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Reviewer: Sexual Dysfunction, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I am a male with two crushed discs in my back. I was prescribed this drug as an alternative to opiate pain medication twice in the last 10 years. Not only was this drug not effective for that use, but both times I experienced severe sexual dysfunction within the first month of use. Both times I had to stop use of the drug. I recovered sexual function after the first use 10 years ago, but after the
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Reviewer: Hopeful, 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I was given this medication to help with nerve pain in the leg and especially knee pain by a pain specialist Dr. It worked to control the pain but only if I do my exercises daily. Trying to stay at 10 mg at night. After 2 1/2 months I have moderate to severe joint pain in both shoulders. Started to have pain in my ribs and side if I sleep on my left side. I have some weight gain, started to get he
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