Hi all, I am new here and I have been researching this topic for a while. I have a good understanding of the more common side effects of this drug and perhaps there is no correlation but I am desperate to find out if anyone else has had a similar issue.
Never having any prior back problems, I began taking Vimpat in March for my epilepsy. By mid-April I started having serious lower back pain and some nerve pain. I have been to see many Doctors about the back pain and have been told I have mild degenerative spine disease and anthropy (arthritis). The spine specialist I am seeing cannot understand why my pain is so severe.
I will spare you the rest of the details but I will say I was recently reading the side effects to vimpat a few weeks ago and discovered "lower back pain" to be one of them. I have been unsuccessful in finding an elaboration on any message board or study about this so:
Has this happened to anyone taking this drug? If so, would you please provide some details and results of your experience?
I should add- I am not calling my neuro until I think this might actually be related somehow.
Desperately seeking relief!
Never having any prior back problems, I began taking Vimpat in March for my epilepsy. By mid-April I started having serious lower back pain and some nerve pain. I have been to see many Doctors about the back pain and have been told I have mild degenerative spine disease and anthropy (arthritis). The spine specialist I am seeing cannot understand why my pain is so severe.
I will spare you the rest of the details but I will say I was recently reading the side effects to vimpat a few weeks ago and discovered "lower back pain" to be one of them. I have been unsuccessful in finding an elaboration on any message board or study about this so:
Has this happened to anyone taking this drug? If so, would you please provide some details and results of your experience?
I should add- I am not calling my neuro until I think this might actually be related somehow.
Desperately seeking relief!
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