Problems urinating symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Neurontin for over a year and am up to 400mgs. 3 times a day. Does anyone else have problems urinating? I have to really try to empty my bladder. It takes a lokng time, feels like there soething stopping it. Marsh

I had strep throat, they gave me erthromicine- sorry about the spelling- I took it for two days, the worst two days of my life- I threw up constantly, couldn't sleep and gas like you wouldn't believe. Went back to doctor got sulfameth /trimethoprim. Have been taking it for 9 days, twice a day, almost done with the perscription and broke out in a huge rash. My internal temp is very hot but I get the chills and my throat muscles hurt now. Not like strep on the inside but when I turn my head- this sucks!

been on toprol xl for about 1 1/2 years, started having problems urinating. (had to go bad but would only come out slowly) I weened myself off the toprol and now have no problems urinating (after 2 days). also had some weight gain, muscle cramps, short term memory loss, dificulty focusing. As far as I am concerned they can keep the med.
jeff

My daughter has been on routine nasonex for months for her (non-acute) asthma. She has been experiencing constipation, problems urinating and headaches. I'm not sure whether to blame these symtoms on this drug or more probably the guafinex she is also taking. Isn't it nice that modern pharmacueticals give us choices?

Took it for bronchitis. Experienced very high fevers, terrible pain in my joints, but thought that was just a function of being sick. Then I started having problems urinating. Today, five days after starting the drug, I am unable to urinate.

I decided to look up more information about this drug. Glad to find I'm not sicker than I thought.

Am discontinuing the pills immediately.

I am the person who posted the above message about kidney pain as a bad side-effect of N. use for fibromyalgia -- I use the drug for muscle pain, and to get to sleep at night -- and am at the point of trying to lower the dose, as well as wean myself off of it, before permanent damage can happen to my kidneys (and I hate the brain-fog).

Some research into the chemical and physical effects of the med lead me to believe that it works by helping the kidneys take a certain substance out of the blood stream -- the same way that dialysis works for kidney-failure, so definately Neurontin will affect the operation of the kidneys (see posting on "husband taking it for prostate problems" -- is this because of problems urinating?).

There have NOT been any studies on how Neurontin works -- or dangers/side-effects of the drug --for any other use besides epileptic seizures. If a person is experiencing bad side-effects he or she should immediately contact the doctor who prescibed it and ask for a different med, or for the dosage to be reduced (don't just stop taking it, which is what a lot of people do about bad side-effects -- that could be dangerous.). Such use makes a patient a guiney-pig for research, and the makers of Neurontin have been under attack for aggressively pushing it for what are called "off-label" uses.

If the doctor won't listen to you about this, find another one. IT'S YOUR BODY and no one knows better how you feel inside of it. Also you could experiment with withdrawing yourselve from high levels of the dosage, or asking that the amount of the med in the rx be reduced...fast- withdrawal sometimes causes seizures (as I understand it) and of course you have the complete right to ask a doctor to listen to your symptoms and needs.

Also if you're a person who notices bad effects in a child or a spouse you should make it an urgent project to point the bad effects out to the doctor, to become an advocate for the person who cannot do it. Good luck. JanK in Portland OR (and I am not a doctor, just a person with a lot of experience in surviving the American health system.)

Hi!
I wrote the message regarding my husband. I am writing from Europe, Belgium so sorry for the mistakes.
I thank you for the information you gave me.
My husband has no problems urinating, only a pain to the prostate.
Now, with 600mg a day, he has nearly no more pain to the prostate but he has these pain to neck and lower back, I don't know if it is a "kidney pain"...
I didn't understand what you meant by "permanent damage to the kidneys"?
Does Neurontin damage the kidneys?
Good luck for the future.