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Comment on why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't?
ultranaut@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe it has to do with its effects on GABA receptors? Have you ever tried something like gabapentin or pregabalin?
turtlesareneat@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The doc put me on gabapentin for my nerve pain (ulnar and carpel tunnel) and I thought it was hitting the right receptors to help me stay off of alcohol, or dulled my desire for it. Turns out I was just self medicating the nerve pain and with the GABA I didn’t need the booze so much.
Genius@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Don’t drink and take Gabapentin. They work on different receptors on the same channel. That means they have unpredictable effects together. The effects aren’t additive, they’re more like multiplicative. And more random than either alone.