Comment on why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't?

• Baaahb@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wasn’t talking to you directly, but appending additional info to what you were suggesting. You kinda did suggest taking gabapentin for their back pain, so while Yes, its a terrible idea to take prescription stuff without knowing what you are doing, if they are gonna read what you told them and decide to ignore the part where you suggest you are uncomfortable providing medical advice and then go ahead and do it anyway, they should at least be warned that your advice is particularly dangerous due to gabapentins mental side effects.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I didn’t provided medical advice.

    I’m saying that pain that is neuropathic is often treated with Gabapentin, which in the long run, is healthier and safer than self-medicating.

    Thus if OP looks up what neuropathic pain is and gets concerned, they should call a doctor and tell all this. Which is when the actual medical advice will come.

    You can give people information about medicine without giving them medical advice.

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