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Question: Doctor XXXXXXX
I discussed with you about the numbness my father had been feeling in his legs for past few days.
As you prescribed he took gabapentin(300 mcg), but today he is feeling quite a lot of heat in body.
Wanted to bring to your notice that he regularly takes:
Glized-m(sugar)before meal ,twice a day
amlopress-AT(blood pressure) once a day
Please let us know if its fine that he is taking all these medicines in a day.
Regards, XXXXXXX V
I discussed with you about the numbness my father had been feeling in his legs for past few days.
As you prescribed he took gabapentin(300 mcg), but today he is feeling quite a lot of heat in body.
Wanted to bring to your notice that he regularly takes:
Glized-m(sugar)before meal ,twice a day
amlopress-AT(blood pressure) once a day
Please let us know if its fine that he is taking all these medicines in a day.
Regards, XXXXXXX V
Brief Answer:
That should be fine.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
His other medications are for treating diabetes and high blood pressure respectively and they are safe medications.
Regarding the heat, there is no need to worry.
With gabapentin, the common side effects to be watched for are giddiness and drowsiness.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
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That should be fine.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
His other medications are for treating diabetes and high blood pressure respectively and they are safe medications.
Regarding the heat, there is no need to worry.
With gabapentin, the common side effects to be watched for are giddiness and drowsiness.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
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