I'm gratefully enjoying the positive results of the Rx. Personally, Gabapentin has been a lifesaver, no side effects, and inexpensive! I'm not considering a lawsuit - too much time would be wasted, too much frustration, too much negative feelings, and too much cost. I saw another neurologist who said the EMG test was incorrectly performed. I saw my family doctor Monday morning, who prescribed RX for Gabapentin, and agreed with me that the peripheral neuropathy was caused by the EMG test. Pain did not cease, although the Tylenol helped slightly. I took Tylenol that night, hoping the pain was only going to be temporary. gave me the results, 'slow reflexes, nothing to worry about.' About 3 hours later my arms and legs were all becoming tremendously painful, like razor blades or needles scratching. On a Friday afternoon, my EMG, about 2 years ago was performed by neurologist's technician on both arms and legs When current was applied, each extremity really reacted (jerked) with a tremendous force. Now, My question is, 'Is it possible that the EMG person hit a nerve in my leg?', and if so, what can be done to help it? I can't stand it anymore, It has been 2 weeks, and it is actually getting worse day by day, and no one will listen to me. The worse part of the whole thing is, it doesn't touch the pain, just my head. First of all, I could hardly function on 600 at one time, so I separated it into 300 2x a day. There answer was: ' take 1200 mg neruontin this week and 1800 mg next week'. I have actually cried to get up out of bed in the morning. I also have a spot on the side of my leg that if you touch it, it radiates down my foot. I called back two days ago to tell them that I had a numbness started in my foot area going up my leg. This EMG study was different I called the physician after a couple of days to tell her that I was in extreme pain from the EMG, and they put me on Neurontin 600 mg a day. I was told that the nerve was irritated and it would be fine. The first EMG study showed nothing, I was in pain afterwards. I had a bi-later framinotomy last October, and still had the pain, then I went through 7 1/2 weeks of Spinal decompression and still had the pain. I needed him to continue since I have had a pain shooting through the front of my right leg for the past 3 years and nothing I have done has helped. I was fine through the nerve study, but when the doctor put the needle into my leg for the muscle part, I screamed and felt like something was shooting through my leg, pulsating.

Back pain after emg test