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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | herniated disk/pinched sciatic nerv | When I first began taking Lyrica, I was prescribed 50 mg 3 x day. I loved it! I was able to finally set which brought joy to me but, I had constant headaches, swelling in my fingers, and wild dreams. After two months, I noticed that it wasn't as effective anymore and I was taking more then prescribed for relief. I revisited the doctor and was given a new dosage of 100 mg 3 x day. Headaches were intense at times and I am unable to find a med to help with those. My dreams were still every night and very bizarre but I sleep so I'll take them. I bruise very,very easy and they seem to stay longer then usual. I have abnormal bleeding and constipation. That's never fun! I also find that I can not set and urinate. It seems that it takes a minute to flow. Last but not least the past few months I have noticed a pain sensitivity to a front tooth. After reading a review of a patient that triggered me to Google for more info. I do not suffer the dry mouth which is a good thing. I have worn braces and have had maxillofacial surgery so, I'm done with Lyrica. I Am moving on up and am hoping with young age and active lifestyle the neurosurgeon can pull through and help me with surgery. | F | 33 | 5 months 300mg 1x d | 5/14/2014 | 3 | Peripheral neuritis in feet | felt a bit drunk. The burning pain in my feet went from 10 to 3. I slept like a baby but my urinary output is down. I have lupus and Sjorgrens syndrome, so I cannot detect any increased dryness of mouth, eyes, or pudenda. | F | 72 | 4 days 75 - 150 m | 5/14/2014 | 1 | had nerve damage in my arm ulner | when I went in to the Dr I told him about my excruciating pain injury. I told him I had pain l killers and need it fixed. he spent two minutes with me. I told him my pain was so bad I thought about killing myself. he said its fine. next day I got a dui for lyrica not alchol or drugs. I am humiliated and still feeling the side effects of this drug. in fact if I was going to use it I would die by it so someone else didn't have to. terrible Pfizer you are the something else.. all you care about is money. | F | 35 | 2 days 50 mg | 5/7/2014 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | I was prescribed Lyrica for Fibro immediately upon starting it I had horrible side effects! I was having trouble with my speech, walking, almost choked several times because I couldn't swallow, I felt I had sensory overload, any sounds,lights,soft touch on my body felt like I had the most horrible flu you could think of, horrible dreams, fell asleep randomnly ,memory loss, loss of motor skills, and last but not least loss of overall brain function while taking it.I decided on my own to stop taking it and it was the best thing that could've happened I felt I saved my own life! It was bad,bad stuff for me... | F | 27 | 2 months 30mg | 5/6/2014 | 1 | Fibromyalgia, Arthromyalgia | Dizziness. Extreme dizziness. Fell down 14 stairs. Cannot balance myself. NIGHTMARES of People killing me. Lyrica nightmarres have paralyzed me and I cannot move nor speak. Haven't slept in 2 weeks. Suicidal nightmares. Incoherent speech. Fibro fog intensified by a thousand. Feels like my legs are cinder blocks. Constant thirst. It's so bad that I'm drinking 3 gallons of water a day and still dry mouth. Heachaches intensified. Blurred vision. This is the most awful med I've ever been put on. DO NOT TAKE IT!!!!! | F | 30 | 2 weeks 75 mg | 5/6/2014 | 1 | medicine was given to me for neurop | Lyrics caused my platelets to be low,causing not to clot. Also caused swelling in my legs so bad that the legs cracked and leaked fluid I've been off lyrics now For about 2 yrs and legs are still swollen And hurting with pain and a red rash. . | F | 61 | 1 years 30 mg | 4/29/2014 | 3 | Post Surgery L5-S1 Disk Rupture | Dry mouth disappeared in a week.Tired, irritable, poor memory lasted duration of taking Lyrica. 2.5 weeks into taking Lyrica both feet and calves became swollen with rash and pain. | I was supposed to be on Lyrica 3 to 4 months. After advising the neurosurgeon of the swelling in legs, he weaned me off of medication by dropping dosage to one 75 mg per day for 5 days. Today is the 5th day. Legs seem to be less swollen in AM and worse at night. | F | 67 | 1 months 75 MG 3X day | 4/27/2014 | 2 | L3,4&5 rupture, nerve damage | I wish I would have read these reviews before taking this crap. At first I thought it was reducing my pain. Now I don't know. I now have numbness and tingling in my hands and feet where I didn't before. Every single time I take a bite of food or drink it causes SEVERE esophageal pain then eventual regurgitation of food (not vomiting. I swallow then 5 seconds later it's back up). The pain and burning at night keeps me up sobbing most nights. I'm so depressed now that I often wonder if I want to continue living this way. It's horrible and now this is my 2nd day without it and after reading these reviews on wd, I'm terrified.awesome job, Pfizer. | F | 33 | 1 months 150 3xday | 4/26/2014 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Extreme Weight Gain | This medication has helped my 'burning' pain very much, despite the 50 pounds I gained in the first year; however, I have lost half the weight and working on more | F | 39 | 2 years 150mg 3X day | 4/11/2014 | 2 | pain under my feet I'm diabetic | it is giving me a very high appetite I stay hungry all the time I don't like it I hate it I feel miserable | F | 53 | 4 days 100 millig | 4/1/2014 | 1 | Restless leg syndrome | I felt like I was drunk without the party. I was not sleepy and my symptoms for restless leg continued. | I took this drug in the early evening and I was to have control of my dosage depending on my symptoms. 1day was enough. When I got up in the morning the rooms were spinning. I felt like I could not walk straight. I will not risk takeing this drug again. | F | 59 | 1 days 150 mg 2X day | 3/29/2014 | 2 | Post Op Neuralgia after Jaw Surgery | Initally I had just dizzyness in the first week and I fell over a couple of times. By the second week I noticed fluid buildup in legs. Third week I and got extremely depressed, going to sleep and never waking up seemed like a completely plausible solution. Fourth week I lowered my dose to 75mg just at night, then began to wean myself off, because I decided that the side effects were not worth the small amount of pain reduction I was getting, which was about 30%. I got off for two entire weeks and then after revisting my doctor, who advised me Lyrica was the only treatment for nerve pain available, I caved and went back on for one more try, because the burning in my face and chin was unbearable and I couldn't concentrate on anything else at all. I've now been back on it for an additional 2 weeks, just 75mg at night, initally I took 3 in a 36 hours period for the first two days to get a level in my system. All this week I have had a annoying niggling headache present all the time, I can | I also use bio-identical hormone replacement, following a hysterectomy 3 years ago, which to this point has been working fantastically against the adverse effects of menopause, but this week I am experiencing hot flashes when I had zero before, so maybe co-incidental, but I think Lyrica messes with your hormone levels, even though it's not a listed side effect, also I have been constipated throughout and need to take laxitives to resolve it. So I have decided that Lyrica is not for me and I will begin to wean off again. This drug is Dodgy with a capital D. It has been 70 days since my surgery today. I was not told of the possibility of long term neuralgic pain, post surgery by anyone. I have researched and discovered there are others now, but it is too late for me, I have to deal with it. My pain has only reduced about 50% in two months, I have no idea how long i will have to endure it. But I am just going to have to do it, because the side effects from Lyrica far out weigh the small benefits of pain reduction. I read the Lyrica effects your teeth, so since I have spent about $10,000 trying to save mine, it's probably not a good idea to be taking something that has a negative effect on them. Pfizer you should be ashamed, promoting a drug that has such awful side effects and not mentioning any one of them in your promotion to Medical Professionals. It is definately all about the bucks, not the people. | F | 41 | 60 days 75 2X day | 3/24/2014 | 4 | unbearable head pain of unknown cause | Excessive swelling in my legs, ales and feet (pitting), prescribed a water pill so the swelling will stay down as it hurt to walk & I couldn't fit in my shoes when it was really bad. Was very sleepy when we were stopping me up to the dosage I'm currently on but it went away after a few days. I think compared to others I'm on a small dosage amount 150 in am and 225 at night. I've gained excessive amount of weigh but I amnot sure if it is this or the steroids. Was previously on steroids lots of times and this kind of weight gain never happened. Doesn't matter what I do the number on the scale just keeps getting bigger. Feel like my hair is starting to get stringy now no matter what conditioner it's just bad now and feel like it's starting to thin out. I'll post more after next month and see if there's any improvement. | F | 33 | 2 years 150 & 225 | 3/18/2014 | 4 | Pain and insomnia | Increased my moderate-severe anxiety and panic disorder at first and I found that taking my Xanax half an hour later I did just fine. I didn't like the empty feeling I had (some might call it a high I considered it uncomfortable) but even that went away and the pain was not gone but it was far more tolerable. Doctor switching me to Gabapentin now. | The side effects went away after several days but it also stopped helping quite as much as the side effects wore off. Worth trying in my opinion. I think it important to time taking the medication with other medications you may be on. I have panic attacks and this med increased that so I doubled up on my Xanax (but that is an option my doctor left open to me when she prescribed it) until I realized that if I just waited about a half hour to take the one Xanax after the Lyrica then they kicked in together and I didn't have the anxiety that forced me to double up. Everyone is different so it may not be for everyone but it was worth the try for me. Now I am switching to Gabapentin for both the pain, insomnia, an add on to the Zoloft for low grade depression. | F | 39 | 10 days 100mg 2X day | 3/13/2014 | 4 | Multiple Sclarosis | HAIR LOSS!!! Occasional dizziness , occasion confusion , some weight gain, constant vaginal itching, my thought process has slowed down. | F | 47 | 5 years 150 mg 3X day | 3/12/2014 | 5 | Fibromyalgia , severe migraines | Extremely high appetite. Which is fine for me I can use the extra weight. Not even a sign of a headache since the first day of taking it. Pain has decreased a lot. I have a lot more energy. Love love love this medication. I highly recommend it. Only bad part would be constantly thirsty. | F | 47 | 10 days 5g | 3/2/2014 | 1 | Chronic low back and shoulder pain | Difficulty sleeping, headache, dry mouth, blurred yellow vision, muscle/joint pain/weakness, mental/mood problems | M | 54 | 3 weeks 75mg | 2/18/2014 | 1 | CFS / Fibro | All of my hair fell out. It never grew back despite many treatments. I am now bald. I had hair like Jon Bon Jovi prior. Dizzyness, increased fatigue, impotent, mild euphoria. Only benefit was decreased chemical sensitivities. Stay away from this drug! | M | 38 | 2 years 150 mg | 2/17/2014 | 2 | Sciatica pain in calf | I am having trouble with the side effects of this drug. Blurry vision, memory loss, trouble sleeping , feel like I've lost the last week, my personality has become very hostile, do these side effects go away ?, because I can't live like this. Should I go back to my doctor, or keep trying to deal with the side effects ?It's horrible. I'm putting things in wrong places and can't remember. I have 2 kids, so I have to be alert during the day, not like this. Any advice would be appreciated. Michelle | F | 42 | 5 days 25mg | 2/13/2014 | 2 | pain due to kidney cysts | extreme drowiness- lost days at a time- thumping head- hair loss- generally feeling spaced out with blurred vision | should be titrating up to 300mg BD but cant drive at the moment and thats a large part of my job- no real pain relief | F | 46 | 3 weeks 50mg 2X day | 2/11/2014 |