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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | Yes | 1 days | 4/24/2013 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | Not many...I can't think of any...Maybe some fatigue? | Only med that worked for my serious Fibro. Tried 5 other meds first: All the hard-to-pronounce ones from my Rheumy Dr. - None worked. Lyrica is a miracle drug. Without it, I want to cut my legs off! The only thing that sucks now: I'm going to need a higher dose...and I'm reluctant to increase. Also on Oxycontin now 30mg 3x day for chronic back pain (inoperable). | M | 43 | 3 years 100 2X D | 4/20/2013 | 1 | Shingles | Total loss of appetite, 5th morning could not get out of bed, taken to emerg. taken off drug and started recovering immediately. | This druf should not be given to people in their 80's. Both the RN's and my son who is a Doc said this drug has sever sideeffects and should not given to the elderly. | F | 84 | 5 days 1X D | 4/13/2013 | 1 | hepatitis c induced nuropathy | When i first started taking it I was so happy because it almost totally got rid of my hotflashes, from menopause. I have noticed my hair thinning and told the doctor and he said IT WASN'T A SIDE EFFECT. Yesterday I lost my prescription and called the doctors office and they said have the pharmacy call. I went to Walmart Pharma and they said the doctor had to call them since i was a few days short of getting my prescription. It was too late to call and now Im suffering horrible withdrawal. Before running out side affects where, vertico, thinning hair, not loosing weight even though I dont eat hardly anything, can't think ( have adhd so have been blaming that and menopause ). Eff this drug makes me so angry especially after I went on asking for none narcotic low dose naltrexone which he wouldn't prescribe.I wish he had to take this crap, then run out. Oh also hotflashes came back and they are now sweats instead.I feel like I want to jump outa my skin. | F | 53 | 5 months 100 mg 2X D | 4/11/2013 | 1 | Possible nerve damage in wrist | Headache, loss of brain, all upper teeth hurt-can't eat, sinus pain, can't walk more then a few feet, legs feel like wet noodles, pins and needles from knee down, stomach pain since I can't eat, nothing tastes right, too tired to sleep but do lay awake crying for no reason. Haven't killed the loud neighbors.. yet. Suddenly very angry. Did not get a DUI on Easter but couldn't seem to keep in my lane. Will not even try to drive again but keep thinking an ER may be an idea since I have chest pain and shortness of breath. Did I mention I feel as if I am going to die.. | Too bad doctors don't try this.. just sternly tell you, YOU MUST TAKE THIS ATLEAST A WEEK. Okay, off for 2 days I still can't drive or think and am very angry. | F | 47 | 7 days 75 1X D | 4/3/2013 | 1 | fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropath | slowed thought process, uncontroled tremors, argumentative, mood swings, weight gain, unable to put thoughts into words, memory lapses, dizzyness, uncoordinated, slurred speech w/ babbling, double vision, narrowed esophagus and wak throat muscles, very heavy periods. suicidal thoughts upon dc of med. | the drug seemed like a wonder drug when i first started taking it. i quickly went up in dose though and by the end of the first year i had reached the maximum recomended dose for my problem. the side effects came on slowly for me so i didnt put them down to lyrica. by the second year my family and friends were noticing the changes and kept telling me something was wrong but i was finally getting some relief from the constant pain that i didnt care what they thought. slowly the medicine stopped working as well and with the increas in pain came increased clarity. i realized i had been on a high for 5 years and had missed so much. that is when i started to back off the dose and all hell broke loose. i went a bit crazy and have not gone back to normal yet. i came totally off the drug in sept. of last year and i deal with most of those side effects still on a daily basis. i started having suicidal thoughts as i came off the drug. they still play through my mind. this drug has ruined my life. i didnt even know some of those problems could show up so i didnt know to look for them. doctors should better educate the patient on what can happen and what to watch for. | F | 44 | 6.5 years 150mg 3X D | 3/31/2013 | 3 | Back pain-compressed discs | Drowsiness, constipation, dry mouth, euphoria or excitedness, problems with memory recall, lack of focus. | Began Lyrica Sept 1, 2013 for severe leg pain radiating from my back, preventing walking and standing. Hard to take as I teach dance and yoga for a living! Lyrica relieved the pain in 24 hours and I was thrilled. But these side affects were too much to take. Asked the Dr. to take me off of Lyrica mid-November and I tapered off over 8 days. All was good until 24 hours after cessation, the leg pain returned and I could not walk again. So I went back on it, starting with a larger dose of 225mg 2 times per day. Soon realized the side effects were still an issue. I asked the Dr. to provide various dosage sizes so I could monitor the drug myself: 25 mg & 75 mg. For 4 months I settled into 75 mg in the evening to help sleep and 25 during the day to help my focus issues. I have also gained some weight (8 lbs.) and my hair is thinning around my face (temples and forehead). When I saw my hairdresser she noted my hair felt "dead" and coated and remarked that she sees this type of reaction in others taking anti-depressants and a few other drugs. I have been experiencing shoulder and arm pain for about 3 months, especially at night making it difficult to fall asleep. Although my customized dosage is lower than most, the side effects persist. I plan to reduce and dismiss this drug over a 2-3 week period in the hope that it will also reduce any withdrawal symptoms. | F | 60 | 3 months 75 2X D | 3/30/2013 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Confusion, fatigue, fluid retention, hungover feeling, anxiety | F | 36 | 7 days 75mg | 3/24/2013 | 1 | fibro | SEVERE and intense anxiety attacks,dizziness,fatigue,confusion. Ended up in hospital with heart pvc's and 121 heart rate. Please do.not take this. Only took it twice and seriously felt like I was dying | F | 26 | 2 days 50mg | 3/20/2013 | 4 | Reflex sympathetic dystrophy | Honestly none so far....was on 3600mg a day of gabapentin so I guess used to this chemical since there's not much difference. | M | 28 | 2 weeks 400 | 3/18/2013 | 5 | Nerve pain from L3vertabra | None | After about two weeks the pain started to subside, where previously only Tylenol worked and I had to keep taking it. As the lyrica took effect, I was able to completely stop the Tylenol. Then when the nerve calmed down the doctor began to decrease the lyrica over several months, fabulous. It saved me. | F | 62 | 7 months 75mg 1X D | 3/15/2013 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Stops working..and side effect get worse. At first it helped with fibro pain. then breakthru pain unbearble..instead of changing doc advises to take more --DO NOT TAKE MORE. dry mouth, swollen feet, just developed acne. Trying to switch to 25mg and get off this stuff. Makes Fibro fog MUCH WORSE ! | Doing everything to get off this..every time I reduce dose ..horrible bad mood - very unusual for me so weaning off slowly. Very unhappy with side effects..they have INCREASED and pain stays same or gets worse. No energy for anything ..may new aches and pains. | F | 58 | 8 months 50mg 3X D | 3/15/2013 | 1 | crush right hand nerve dammage | Lyrica helped with pain until I had serious side effects. rash, couldn't swallow, chest pain and out of control dizziness, due to swollen throat I weened of faster than I should have but I was allergic, hell going through withdrawal, 2 week off in ER with panic attacks 5 weeks of constant panic attacks, so dizzy I could not stand more than 5 minutes, had to lay all the way back to cope, hell, nine weeks off to the day and I have been in bed most of the day with severe dizziness, Yesterday was better than today, I can be on my feet for 3 or 4 hours then it kicks my but again, If I would have known how severe withdrawal was I would never take this drug, I came off narcotics, and for me it was a walk along the beach, a stroll in the park compared to coming off Lyrica, many times I feel like I'm loosing my mind felt like screaming and being violent and anger fits and crazy thoughts, from what I read the longer your on it the harder coming off, you could not pay me a million dollars to com | F | 51 | 20 months 300mg day 3X D | 3/13/2013 | 1 | fibromyalgia | Horrible dreams, the nighttime equivalent of suicidal thoughts. Numb, swollen feet. | Tried it twice, and the same thing happened each time Deep sleep helps relieve fibromyalgia pain. This drug interrupted my sleep with vivid, horrible dreams. | F | 64 | 5 days 25 1X D | 3/11/2013 | 5 | post herpetic neuralgia | Major hair loss is the only one I'm aware of. | I couldn't have continued living with the stabbing pain I had due to PHN.....I tried acupuncture, to no avail, and finally gave in to medication. I really didn't want to but knew I couldn't live in pain any longer. | F | 77 | 6 years 75mg 2X D | 3/7/2013 | 5 | fibroyalgia | Sleepiness if I'm relaxing, dry metalic taste in mouth which I feel like it's why I keep stuffing my face/chewing sugary gum and causing the weight gain. But I will happily worry about that later with all this extra energy. I tried Cymbala for 3 months, and not near the same relief I had on the 2nd day of Lyrica, but it also gave me awful neck/muscle aches. Love it. love it! | F | 35 | 2 weeks 75 | 2/25/2013 | 4 | SCI (L4 and L5) Nerve pain in feet | The "high" feeling everyone is describing goes away after a week or two of consistently taking Lyrica. Minimal side effects. I take it before bedtime, but as I stated earlier, after a couple weeks it does not get me tired. Nerve pain has subsided. Used to be in excruciating/debilitating pain but am now able to live normally again. | M | 25 | 3 years 600mg @ nt 1X D | 2/5/2013 | 1 | herniated discs | Horrible rather be in pain | M | 36 | 3 weeks 100 | 1/31/2013 | 3 | Frozen Shoulder and Anxiety | Feeling wobbly and emotionally numb initially. Banged head, had a few very minor falls at home. At night lots of trips to the bathroom. | I have read that the long term use effects teeth, and this scares me. I have chronic anxiety, and its v helpful along with a low dose (0.25mg) xanax for that. Also great relief from the pain I had, so much better NSAIDS or opiates. I would be afraid to use long term, and intend weaning off in the spring. | F | 42 | 3 months 100 2X D | 1/10/2013 | 1 | Pain post discectomy/spinal stenosi | Couldn't balance, blurred eyesight, went completely deaf in one ear towards the end of taking it. | Seems to disturb the whole nervous system, withdrawal was awful, despite doing it slowly as recommended. Deafness is permanent, and doctor had to report it to Pfizer. Avoid!! | F | 69 | 9 months 150 2X D | 1/9/2013 | 5 | Post herpatic Trigeminal Neuralgia | Giggling (euphoria) if I take more than 50 mg per day. | This is the only drug that helped my daily episodes of facial pain due to trigeminal neuralgia. It does not dry out my mouth like other drugs I tried (Lortab, Oxy, etc.) It doesn't make me sleepy, either. I'm very thankful for it and that I don't have the bad side effects that some others have reported. | F | 47 | 2.5 years 50mg 1X D | 1/6/2013 | 1 | bulging disc | Blurry vision, anxiety, severe depression, suicidal ideation, rage/anger, extreme vaginal bleeding, intestinal bleeding, extreme fatigue, skin changes, legs itching | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! Side effects from this drug can remain with you after discontinued use. YOU ARE TAKING A HUGE RISK!!! I took this drug over 4 years ago for a very short period of time and still battle the majority of these effects. I experienced none of these things prior to taking this drug. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! Most physicians will not believe this. Mine didn't. I'M AN RN AND I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE!!! LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!! | F | 49 | 60 days 75mg 1X D | 1/4/2013 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Would be easier to say what I didn't get!!! I have no quality of life any more although it has helped with my pain, I wish I had never started it the w/d are too much to handle. I am stuck on 200 mg 4 stone heavier and rising!! Please please think very carefully before taking this!!! Really think the side effects are worse than dealing with the pain!! | F | 35 | 3 years 600 | 1/2/2013 | 3 | Chronic daily headaches | 25 mg is slower to kick in to work. However it does keep the pain away. Have to watch what you eat. Important be on a diuretic daily to counter to the fluid retention. That helps weight gain of fluid but watch what you eat. A little acne to the face. Lower dose minimized side effects. Comes in 25, 50 and 75 mg. | At first given 75 mg 2 x day. That dose was too much. Many side effects on higher dose. On lower dose rash has calmed down. Acne on face is able to be handled unlike at higher dose. Hair does not fall out as much. Benefit is pain free for a few hours from chronic headaches. Does not stop migraines. | F | 53 | 1 months 25 3X D | 12/28/2012 | 1 | fibro | altered personality loss of all positive emotions left with rage dont care about the pain or anything else mean hateful no longer feel the need to sleep though i can sleep if i can remember to do so very disoriented hair thinning used to be smart now very slow work difficult migrains but my doctor says my only other option is councilling and at least i am too out of it to care about the pain on this | would not recommend tried all aother fibro approved meds with bad results but this one combines all the negatives of the others and adds ssssome new ones wish i had known it doesnt calm the nerves but rewires your brain i would never have tried it .to much apathy to even find another doctor to try to go off this | F | 49 | 90 days 100mg 3X D | 12/16/2012 | 1 | Nerve pain, fibromyalgia | Hell. So many I didn't even tie it to Lyrica. It hit me somehow because I rarely sleep & started falling asleep sitting up, texting, driving. It put me in some type of spin. Can't even explain it but now that my mind is coming out of this strange fog I'm putting some things together. Reading back on old texts messages, talking with people. I can't believe this stuff is even on the market. This company should have their asses sued off & be splattered all over the TV. I'm still in a state of shock. I was so excited to think something may help some of my pain (which sadly it was)! I was totally naive in reading up on it which I'm usually doing on a lot of subjects. It started working so fast I didn't even realize I didn't have drive to research it. Just kept taking it everyday. Headaches are still there, have never had a headache this long & it's a strange feeling one. My eyes always feel heavy & when I was waking up at night I was running into walls totally disoriented & weak. I'm just furious about this. | F | 43 | 8 weeks 100 | 12/8/2012 | 1 | Neuropathy pain | more than 50lb weight gain,insomnia,frequent headaches.swollen legs/ankles.shaking hands,stabbing head pains,dry mouth,Developed shingles on my face,had pneumonia,developed anemia | I take 75mg twice/day 150 mg twice/day Total of 450 mg/ day | F | 46 | 2 years 450 mg tot 4X D | 11/27/2012 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Hair loss, mouth ulcers, loss of appetite, suicidal ideation, difficulty with thoughts and words | After two months of taking Lyrica my mother died due to "Adult Failure to Thrive" associated with this medication. | F | 79 | 60 days 75 mg 2X D | 11/23/2012 | 4 | Fibromyalgia,Nerve& disc Damage | It Actually worked Wonderfully until I got the Rash.I stopped waited a month tried again(to make sure it was Lyrica) and it was burning red and itching all across my chest.I have tachycardia so can't take a benedryl type med.I wish I can still take it!! I had no other adverse reactions but wasn't on it long either so IDK!! | If you could control the rash I'd be fine,no cream or pills help.I hate to be prescribed a med to save my right leg and the side effect is lose the left. | F | 52 | 2 weeks 50 mg 2X D | 11/14/2012 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Extreme fatigue. My legs feel like their going out from under me. Was diagnosed with Narcolepsy last week. Weight gain and edema in my legs. | F | 2 years | 11/4/2012 | 1 | Chronic Daily Headaches | High feeling when take it. Crash 5 hours later. I watched everything I eat. Only 1000 a day calories if that. On daily diuretic. Go to a gym 4 x a week. All this and weight same. No help on daily chronic headaches. | After 2 months I am experiencing severe itching, rash on back. My complexion horrible now, Experiencing major hair loss. You sleep very well. Side effects start after a month. Insurance refuses to cover is very expensive. Hope is not hard to get off of only on a couple months. | F | 50 | 2 months 75 2X D | 11/3/2012 | 1 | nerve pain from post polio | head aches, gritting teeth, brain fog, muscle pains and spasms. | I gritted my teeth so much I had to have 3 root canals. At first I woke up with my hand so clinched that it took 10 minutes to work it it. Then the other hand also clinched. Then the feet clinched. If this is what it did to my extremities I could only imagine what it does internally. It increased my pain. my calves cramped so painfully I couldn't sleep. When I stopped taking it I had a very nasty withdrawal. All this in an effort to get me off of a narcotic that worked. | F | 65 | 1 months 1X D | 11/2/2012 | 1 | Nerve pain | Fainted twice (once at home and once in the emergency room) and broke my back when I fell. Hospital MD said fainting was caused by the Lyrica. Not surprisingly, the prescribing MD said it was not. | F | 59 | 7 days 50 mg 3X D | 10/31/2012 | 3 | Nerve pain in foot | Been on this med approximately one month, greatly relieved pain in foot, but seems to have caused muscle cramps and spasms in hips and legs. Not sure about this being the cause; has anyone else experienced muscular cramping and spasms? | M | 52 | 1 months 20MG 3X D | 10/26/2012 | 5 | GAD | None | After 12 years on medicines (cipralex, seropram, zoloft, effexor, seroxat, dumyrox) and benzos of course, for having many panic attacks, tremors e,t,c, depression, I lost my job, I lost friends, lyrica has made the difference. It works for me better than all the other medicine. | M | 48 | 4 months 225 1X D | 10/20/2012 | 1 | Nerve pain from shingles | Caused a extremely low platelet count. It is called thrombocytopenia , which causes your blood not to clot.. Huge problem if you get hurt. It can cause your feet to swell and tingle. It can make it hard to walk.Causes weight gain. | Request blood tests to be taken if you stay on Lyrica to check your blood platelet count. Research any side effect that may occur. | M | 62 | 2 years 75mg 3X D | 9/22/2012 | 1 | Fybromyalgia and Lupus | The first dose I took, I felt extremely uncoordinated like I was drunk and could not walk straight. I was very talkative and felt silly. The numbing in my hands did go away after the first week but I also experienced very vivid dreams and sometimes I couldn't tell if I was awake or sleeping when I had these "dreams or visions". The thrid week, I noticed a rapid increase in my balance an coordination being off. I would bump into walls or walk sideways. My head felt funny and my speech started to change. Off and on I have bad studdering spells and have extreme difficulty explaining a simple thought. I feel paranoid, scared especially at night and when I am alone for long periods of time. I have trouble judging distances and speed when driving which almost got me into a serious car accident. I feel like I am going crazy and hate it!!!! I want to stop taking Lyrica but understand i have to ween off of the medication. | I did find other patients taking Lyrica with similar side effects so it gave me comfort to know that I am not alone and it is not all in my head. This drug is not for me!!! | F | 48 | 1 months 50MG 3X D | 9/19/2012 | 1 | post herpetic neuralgia | weight gain, blurred vision, forgetfulness | The Lyrica is no longer effective for my post-shingles pain, and so I decided to wean off of it slowly because of the expense and side effects. I have never experienced anything so horrible - severe anxiety, deep depression with death wishes, burning skin, nausea, dizziness, sweats, bad bad insomnia and all of this after reducing my dose slowly. 25mg. every two weeks. I went from 225mg to 200mg and then had to stop because I could not take it anymore. I am now back on my usual dose. I do not know how I will proceed from here, but I am determined to get off of this terrible drug. I would rather have just put up with the shingles pain, but I was not informed of this issue. I am an otherwise healthy person. | F | 60 | 5 years 225mg 1X D | 9/18/2012 | 5 | Cluster headaches , nerve damage , | Weight gain , | F | 56 | 3 months 300 | 9/17/2012 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Dry mouth, euphoria and stoned feeling at first. Went away. | This drug has been approved for Generalized Anxiety for the last 7 years in Europe. It blocks the production of glutamate, substance p, and noradrenaline, all of which underlie neural excitation, fight or flight, and hence anxiety. By blocking these neurontansmitters, it acts as an ANALOG of gaba, the inhibiting neurotransmitter whose receptors benzodiazepines work on. As such it works differently from benzos, has fewer side effects, and doesn't cause dependency. Most importantly, IT WORKS!!!! If you've been suffering from Anxiety, and your doctor keeps piling on the prozac to no effect, do yourself a favor and ask him to look at the literature on Lyrica and anxiety, and also what exactly Lyrica does to the brain, which makes it an obvious antidote. This is truly great drug for this condition and needs to be taken seriously. | M | 35 | 1 months 100mg 3X D | 8/28/2012 | 5 | FM, spine damage | I had a small high when taking the drug the first few months. Pain has subsided but not disappeared. A welcome addition to my pain management. | Please do not make decisions based on what your read here. Everyone is different. Just because someone had a bad experience should not cloud your judgment. Make the decision on how it effect you with your doctor. This is a team effort not a solitary journey. | M | 51 | 2 years 75 mgs 2X D | 8/16/2012 | 1 | nerve pain in my leg.. | every thing it listed i felt. I slept 20 out of 24 hours. I will not take it again.. | F | 75 | 4 days 75 1X D | 8/15/2012 | 1 | Lupus and Fibromyalgia | Weight gain, a phenomenal 50 lbs!!! Drastic hair loss. Difficulty speaking. Severe dry mouth (sounds disgusting, but dead skin needed to be removed every morning). Difficulty concentrating. Vision problems. etc., etc., I could go on and on! | I was diagnosed with Lupus 5 yrs ago, and then Fibromyalgia 2 yrs later. My Dr.'s have seen a significant worsening of my symptoms, but they have no clue what I have been going through on a daily basis. Although I do take other meds in combination with Lyrica and I do realize that they have side effects as well, Lyrica by far has been the worst. At one point my Rheumatoligist had me on 450mg of Lyrica daily. I am currently bedridden and my Primary care Dr. and I have a plan in progress to get me off of all medication. I can't possibly feel any worse. I spend many weeks per year in the hospital, and it seems each time all the Dr.'s want to do is ADD or increase medication. I have been weening off of Lyrica for 3 months now and will be totally off of it in a week or so. I will then ween off of others (mainly Cymbalta, which in itself is a nightmare as well - with a story of it's own!). Although I am in severe pain everyday, and my loss of mobility is a huge concern (due to pain, mainly joint pain which developed over the past 2 yrs.). If need be, I would rather take a narcotic pain medication (opiates). Although they are addictive, they are natural in nature. If I need to take narcotic pain meds to improve my quality of life, at this point so be it!! | F | 54 | 3 years 150 1X D | 8/2/2012 | 1 | Severe leg nerve damage | Extreme weight gain,back pain,headaches,insomnia. Does help my nerve pain but look what all it gave me in return. My life has been changed for the worst and I curse the day I was ever prescribed this poison! | F | 37 | 4 years 100mg3xday | 7/31/2012 | 1 | nerve pain in both hands | Suicidal thoughts, anger, weight gain, problem concentrating, I knew what I wanted to say but wouldn't come out right. I also have later stages of gum disease! It made my hands swell and caused even more pain, I hated my life on this horrible drug, thank God I am off of it, it's been over a year....I would rather have the pain! | F | 45 | 6 years 600 | 7/19/2012 | 4 | Bulge on my lower spine | Coming off the lyrica has been the worst part. Im off it completely now over a week. I lowered my dose over 6 weeks. Im feeling very anxious since coming off it completely. Im feeling really low and feel my personality is altered at the moment. Hoping this will go away soon!! It worked really well while I was taking it. It did make me feel very tired and sedated for the first month. I wouldn't reccommend people driving at the start of taking this med until their body has adjusted to it. | I dont think we have much options for drugs that help trapped nerves on our spine etc. Lyrica is really good for stopping the pain and giving us a normal life style. The downside is the side effects coming off this drug though!! It cured my back and I avoided an operation. | F | 6 months 25mg 3X D | 7/17/2012 | 1 | fibro | Horrible, horrible. Do not take this med. Lawsuits will abound. Causes personality changes, coordination problems, no pain relief whatsoever. Do not trust the doctors who prescribe this medication. My doctor said he had nothing but homeruns. Someone is lying. | Typical pharmaceutical companies, wanting to cash in on misery. Today, our newspaper carried an ad for Lyrica, otherwise poison, for diabetic neuropathy. Lies, upon, lies, as this med is very dangerous for the general public. Any time a pharmaceutical company encourages off label use. Be wary | F | 63 | 25 mg 1X D | 7/15/2012 | 3 | Nerve pain due to spinal fusions | Increased appetite and tiredness. Depression seemed to intensify. Dry mouth. Weight gain (20 pounds) from feeling hungry all the time. Still had nerve pain in legs at night. | F | 43 | 6 months 150mg | 7/14/2012 | 4 | fibromyalgia | With Lyrica I lost MOST of my hair under my bangs and on the sides. Gained some weight. It helped lessen pain but did not eradicate it. I am terrified the hair won't come back. I will never use it again. Savella works well but causes stomach problems unless you have eaten. I got sick 30 min. each time and it is hugely expensive. So I have no remedy for all day pain. Can hardly work. | F | 61 | 6 weeks ? | 7/10/2012 | 5 | Post Herpatic neuroalgia | I had no side effects, but DID HAVE RELIEF FROM PAIN I WAS EXPERIENCING | F | 75 | 2 years 75mg 2X D | 6/30/2012 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | slight edema | F | 29 | 8 years 150 mg 2X D | 6/29/2012 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Severe hair loss. Baby fine hair and loss severe so bad had to change my natural hair color from dark brown today to very light brown to cover the areas of loss. Hope it will grow back. STOPPED all of LYRICA. Not for me and starting to have IC problems. Blurry vision, headache all from LYRICA. I have decided to find natural ways. | This is a drug with many, many serious side effect. | F | 48 | 4 months 75 2X D | 6/26/2012 | 4 | fibromyolgia | My muscle pains are more relaxed. I feel high at times..and very sleepy. Previously, i was in cymbalta, and that stuff, in my opinion is worse then this. Lyrica is better in my opinion. i still have pain but not as bad as i did. | F | 26 | 4 months 75 mg | 6/22/2012 | 2 | Neuralgia | Difficulty swallowing (Barium swallow test confirmed this), Blurry vision, Unable to concentrate, Difficulty coming off this med (Marijuana helped tremendously), Colitis out of the blue (lost 20 lbs). | The reviewer that said Lyrica was a "Double edged sword" was right on. Be careful with this drug. Big Pharma does not care about the side effects that their drugs cause. Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. | M | 32 | 4 years 150 MG 2X D | 6/16/2012 | 3 | Anxiety, insomnia, hot flashes | Drowsiness, but that was good since I was taking it for insomnia. It also caused frequent urination, dizziness and, at anything higher than 25 mg - forgetting words sometimes, which was obviously scary. Hot flashes definitely reduced, even at 25. Also had trouble waking up if I took med too late - made me very groggy in morning. This med was a mixed bag for me. | I have taken this med at 25, 50 and 75 mgs. I think many of these comments reflect that the dose may be too high. Docs often prescribe the "standard" dose - 75mg - when there really is no standard for any med, just a dose based on studies. Always start with the LOWEST possible dose available on the market, and then work your way up. Maybe a lower dose will work for you, maybe not, but it's worth a try and you should see fewer side effex. | F | 44 | 3 months 25 1X D | 6/9/2012 | 2 | Fibromialgya | Stoned, migraine, increased pain in upper back, did not improved pain | Started at 25mg a day, than after one week added 50mg. Now on 75+75 day. No improvement in fibro pain. But, I am experiencing now joint pain and upper back pain - never had them before Lyrica. Still having sleeping problems. I am thinking to quit it. I was on Gabapentin two years ago, it did not improved my pain but I had no side effects. I took it fot one year quit it in one month. | F | 50 | 6 months 125 1X D | 6/4/2012 | 3 | GENERAL NERVE PAIN | UPPER ARM PAIN, DIZZINESS, WEIGHT GAIN, FATIGUE,BLURRY VISION WELLING IN ANKELS AND HANDS | F | 49 | 75 2X D | 5/23/2012 | 3 | nerveimpingementherniateddisc | M | 46 | 1 times 100mg | 5/16/2012 | 3 | Neuropathy (feet) | Caused me trips to 6 different doctors before a final diagnosis was found of Burning Mouth Syndrome which I was told was caused by one of my meds. This syndrome developed over the months until it was a HORROR case. I stopped the Lyrica and the syndrome went away after the med was out of my system. | It did help me sleep and helped the neuropathy. | F | 60 | 5 months 75 mg. 1X D | 5/14/2012 | 2 | CFS/Fibro | All of my hair fell out in a matter of months. I was in such pain tho, that I didn't care. I gained 50 LBS too. I have gone off Lyrica now and onto Prozac/Welbutrin XL (no generics). Both these meds cause weight loss so I'm watching my pant size shrink. My hair cutter went from seeing my thick hair like Brad Pitt to complete scalp showing in a matter of two months. I took pictures as it fell out. I hope it will grow back! Libido went to zero to top it off. | M | 40 | 2 years 75 mg | 5/11/2012 |