Gabapentin and Valerian root?

[Brian242]

Hey everyone, I'm a chronic pain patient (Scoliosis correction surgery) and i'm out of my 180 Norco 10/325's... 2 weeks early. SO, in the wake of minor withdrawl, (I didn't take very many, maybe 30 out of the 180) I do my monthly detox with gabapentin because it helps opiate w/d. I also remembered my father telling me about Valerian root and how it's natures Valium and whatnot so I grabbed a bottle.


It isn't my first time with Valerian root, but I want to know if it's safe to combine the gabapentin with it.

 

[bronson]

medscape's interaction checker shows no interactions between these two, and my personal educated guess would also be that it's fine. However, it would be wise to hear at least a couple other opinions.

Hope you get feeling better.

 

[pasha]

From personal experience I noticed no dangerous interactions with the two, although I did notice that valerian blunted the effects of the gabapentin.

 

[Swimmingdancer]

Maybe initially start with a lower dose of valerian just to be on the safe side, just in case it increases the effects/synergizes for you or something. I haven't tried valerian and gabapentin myself, but kava and gabapentin gave me some crazy effects so I'm overly cautious about combining herbal anxiolytics/sedatives with gabapentin now.

 

[laCster]

Valerian didn't do shit for me, kava kava is more like natures benzo

 

[darthrhonin]

no risk at all, valerian is MAYBE a ultra-weak gaba-a agonist
personally, i have to ingest at least 10 pills of the most powerful valerian extract to feel anything and it could be placebo

 

[Swimmingdancer]

Yeah I personally find valerian extremely mild too, I just figured since some people say they do get strong effects from it and/or take enormous doses, and not much is known about gabapentin, that I'd err on the side of caution and suggest starting with a lower dose of valerian to just to be on the extra safe side

 

[darthrhonin]

i think valerian could be totally taken away from the calc
is like calling green tea a stimulant..maybe, because indeed tea contain caffeine and that's a fact while valerian contain..what it contain? Some acids that maybe are correlated to gaba and can't pass the brain barrier XD

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

Yeah it really depends how potent your valerian is but so long as you're not consuming ~20 grams you should be ok