Gabapentin is mainly used to treat neuropathic pain and epilepsy. Methylcobalamin is mainly used for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy, and its function is to nourish the nerves. Therefore, for patients with nerve injury and nerve pain, such as post-herpetic neuralgia, you can take the two drugs to relieve pain and repair the nerves at the same time to alleviate the patient’s pain.
1. Gabapentin: taking gabapentin may appear dizziness, drowsiness, fever, rash, peripheral edema adverse reactions; for patients with acute pancreatitis is prohibited; for primary generalized seizures of epilepsy patients are invalid; patients with poor renal function should be cautious of using this product, and pay attention to the monitoring of blood concentration in the process of use.
2. Methylcobalamin: the drug belongs to the vitamin B12 class, with the promotion of lecithin synthesis, neuron myelin formation; taking this product may appear loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms; note that staff engaged in the mercury and its compounds should not be long term large amounts of this product; allergic history of patients with the drug is prohibited.
In the use of medication, must follow the doctor’s instructions, the rational application of drugs, do not arbitrarily use the drug, to avoid causing serious side effects as well as adverse reactions.