Shelby,

I had bad neck/ear pain before this last round of treatment. My GP prescribed Gabaplatin (sp.) AKA Nurotin (sp.)this is not a narcotic, it sothes he nerve linings or something but at low doses I never felt anything other than the pain going away. It was fast too. I took my first pill and had relief in 1/2 hour.

Later the doctor said I could up the dose but when I did that it made me dizzy and I couldn't focus my eyes well so I went back to the low dose.

After a few treatments of IMRT the pain started to go away entirely although it was soon replaced by the normal radiation related pain sources you will see discussed here often.