Clonidine For Nerve Pain

[Trinity]

Has anyone got any experience of taking clonidine orally for neuropathic pain? I had an appointment with a pain specialist who has said that he has seen good results with it and gave me a prescription, 50 mcg 3 times a day. I take 500mg of Lyrica a day and 50mg of nortryptiline plus baclofen, i'm not keen to increase these.

One of my concerns is that clonidine decreases the blood pressure, mine usually runs at about 105-115/60-70 ish, not much room to reduce!

Would be grateful for any advice or feedback
Thanks

[cljanney]

I was on it a few years ago while I was getting off all my other meds (oxycontin, methadone, neurontin, etc.). I've had high blood pressure ever since my injury, so I'm supposed to be on something for it, but I decided to get off everything. I was using a once/week patch form of Clonidine, but I was on too many other things to know which was doing what.

I'm to start taking something again for high blood pressure in a couple of weeks, and it will probably be Clonidine. I'll give you my feedback then. I wish I had something of use to tell you.

I'm curious too, what people's responses are to trying it.
Chris

[woman from Europe]

I am. We call it Rivotril but it is clonazepam. I take 4 mg at night but the pain specialist said I could take 8 mg. I started out with 1,5mg and increased to 2 mg and then to 3 and 4 but stopped because it took my nerve pain. I use a temgesic patch 5mg too and change once a week. It did not change my blood pressure.

When you write mcg does that mean milligram or microgram. We write it different mg and µg

[Trinity]

Hi, Thank you for your replies. I look forward to hearing how you get on cljanney.
Woman from Europe, mcg is micrograms, sorry! Clonidine is not the same drug as clonazepam.
Any one else have any experience?

[woman from Europe]

Clonazepam is an epileptic medication we use for nerve pain here but at least I know now what mcg is. I have been wondering before.

[Mikki82]

Hi, Thank you for your replies. I look forward to hearing how you get on cljanney.
Woman from Europe, mcg is micrograms, sorry! Clonidine is not the same drug as clonazepam.
Any one else have any experience?

i was on clonidine... not anymore. It was making me dizzy.. and i was "sleeping" all day...a stoned feeling.
i'm on lyrica and carbamazepine now.