LYRICA Reviews (PREGABALIN)Average Rating: 2.6 (1463 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LYRICA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 |