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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Anxiety | Disorientation, dizziness, Feeling "drunk" | First started Lyrica while on Subutex for opiate prescription addiction because I could not take Klonopin for anxiety while on buprenorphine treatment. When taken in a larger dose, it caused me to feel drunk and disorientated, i.e. stumbling, slurring words, double vision; these effects weren't as noticeable after a month of use. Lyrica made quite a dent in my social anxiety, and I was able to walk into big rooms of people and speak in front of people without as much anxiety. Not as calming as a benzodiazepine, nor as effective for acute panic attacks. | M | 21 | 1 years 300mg 2X day | 12/2/2010 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Extremely reduced short-term memory, slower cognition, increased irritability, fatigue and depression. Dr. told me I'd get used to it. | After two months of "getting used to it" and several near-accidents while driving, I stopped taking Lyrica, had my hormones tested, and began bioidentical hormone replacement (progesterone). After four months, all fibromyalgia symptoms and Lyrica side-effects are gone. Read up on BHRT. My local Medicine Shoppe offers free consults. Old-school medical doctors try to talk patients out of it, but it IS safe, and much better than dying a slow, cognitive death on Lyrica. | F | 46 | 60 days 50 mg 2X day | 11/30/2010 | 1 | Nerve Damage in feet, back shoulder | It is the worst drug I have ever taken. I underwent surgery to insert a spinal cord stimulator to get off Lyrica. Lyrica side effects were sleep apnea, considerable weight gain and all the other side effects mentioned. Now that I no longer take Lyrica I no longer snore or need the sleep apnea machine with mask. If you have sleep apnea, it could be from taking Lyrica. The drug company does not list that side effct. | M | 63 | 10 years 100 2X day | 11/30/2010 | 5 | small fiber neuropathy | blurred vision,tiredness,possible mood changes | I take 150mg in morning & 300 at night. Felt like chopping my leg off before and can't imagine having to live with that feeling again. If I miss a dose, I'll pay for it the next day. Pamalor was horrible but lyrica has made the sensations in my leg bareable. Had taken it before Pamelor at low dose and it didn't help at all. Pamelor had so many side effects so tried higher dose of lyrica. | F | 37 | 3 years 150mg 2X day | 11/29/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Increased anxiety, palpatations, mood swings from rage to tears | My doctor gave me Lyrica as the older brother of Gabapentin which my sister was successfully taking for Anxiety. I started on 75mg a day and it wasn't working so we upped to 150mg. My anxiety seemed to get worse I also had feelings of complete and utter despair, something I do not normally suffer from. I could feel my heart beating in my neck almost constantly and my anxiety was a daily companion. | F | 39 | 6 weeks 75mg 2X day | 11/29/2010 | 5 | Crushed right foot, work injury | Almost everyone that is listed except the suicidal stuff, major forgetfulness, feels as though I have had several beers all the time | Helped with the pain of the healing right foot crush injury by 80-90% and could handle the 10-20% with other non-prescription pain killers. Slept the first two weeks quite a bit until got used to it, then it was the "high" feeling all the time. | M | 53 | 6 months 300mg 2X day | 11/26/2010 | 5 | Prolapsed discs &Sciatica | Exceptional tiredness when I began taking drug at the lower dose of 75mg per day. Gradual increase to 225mg. Am fine when busy and occupied but when having a slow day find sleepiness creeps up rapidly. No other noticeable side effects. | This drug has made such an improvement to my life. I rarely get the excruiating shooting, lightning like pains down my leg into my feet. It seems to transform the sensation to a managable tingle. Previously this pain would make my leg give way but I cannot remember the last time this happened. It is definately worth sticking with it for a while to see how good it is at pain reduction. Side effects do diminish! I understand one of the side effect may be putting on weight but this has not happened in my case. | F | 38 | 6 months 225mg 2X day | 11/25/2010 | 5 | damage mid-section left foot | F | 56 | 75 1X day | 11/25/2010 Patient History | 5 | chronic pain due to spinal stenosis | I felt 'drunk' for the first day or so. These side effects went away by day 4. | I actually am amazed. I have been dealing with severe chronic pain for over a decade. I also have been on narcotic pain medication for a decade or more. The addition of Lyrica has made a big difference and if it continues to help I may be able to decrease these other pain medications. | F | 54 | 1 weeks 75 2X day | 11/25/2010 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | First pill knocked me out for 9 hours. Very dizzy for additional 2 hours. Didn't take it again for a week. I stopped taking Topomax with Lyrica. I had been taking Topomax for over three yrs. for migraines. No more problems with being "knocked out". Fall asleep too easily, but sleep well at night. Seem to be hungrier than usual. Still dizzy, but even that seems to be less each day. Memory seems to be slightly worse. | I found that if I forced myself to get up and fight the side effects of being sleepy and dizzy, they lessened or went away completely. I felt as if I could control them...mind over matter. I have noticed that I have more energy and not as depressed. The pain in my body seems to be lessening , and I have had no migraines, but I will see how it goes as I continue to take Lyrica. I have several health problems associated with Fibromyalgia, so pain is just one symptom. I'm curious to see how I progress. Hopefully my memory will get better. I will gladly continue to take this drug. | F | 66 | 14 days 100 mg 2X day | 11/23/2010 | 4 | myalgia | Pain gets worse 2-3 days if I miss a dose. Recently more exhausted, doctor up'd dose and I tend to fall asleep in afternoon or early evening. Drug makes difference between non-functional and barely functional | Am on 100mg Ultram (tramadol) ER 2x/day, Aleve 2x/day and lyrica 75mg 2x/day + 25mg 1x/day to manage myalgia pain | M | 46 | 1 years 100 2X day | 11/22/2010 | 4 | Drop foot | Weight gain 40 pounds, dizzy, light headed, anxiety, short term memory loss, always sleepy will fall asleep in 2 seconds sitting in a chair on the computor. I started taking water pills from the doctor and have not stopped going to the bathroom since. I have lost 6 pounds in 1 week and the swelling in my leg has slowed down alot. | The pain that I had from the nerves in my foot were to much to deal with. I have drop foot from a hip replacement and feeling from the nerves would drive me crazy. Lyrica is the only thing that worked for me. It does have side affects but I could not work or even sleep with out this drug. It has been a life saver for me and you just have weight the good and the bad and see what you can live with. | M | 45 | 8 months 150 2X day | 11/20/2010 Patient History | 4 | fibromyalgia/chronic pain | minor weight gain, slight drowsiness | I have been taking Lyrica approx. 18 months. started 75 mgs 3x per day, now taking 150 2x per day. who ever invented this miracle drug should be given the nobel peace prize, ok maybe I exaggerated a tad. but it has helped me so much. there are other meds. i take for chronic pain and DDD in my neck. the meds i take for that help, but the Fibro pain was still there, until I began taking it. Lyrica, miracle cure. Period! | F | 32 | 19 months 150 mgs 2X day | 11/20/2010 | 4 | posthepetic neuralgia | Weight gain, anxiety,sleeping irregularities, and diarhea | My pain is much diminished from when I was on Neurontin (2700 mg/ day ) Area and severity of pain in the right leg is shrinking. No more stabbing pain episodes in the middle of the night. | M | 63 | 40 days 150 mg 2X day | 11/19/2010 | 3 | DDD & Endometriosis | Dizziness (like I was constantly on a sit and spin) when I first started the med and upped the dosage of the med. Headaches occurred when I upped it from 50 to 75 mg twice a day and when I upped it from 125 to 150 mg twice a day. I got chills when I upped it from 125 to 150 mg. When upping the medication, I felt like I had to rest my head...sitting up and walking all made it worse. My head felt heavy. I also noticed that my feet swelled. My sneakers are fine but I need new dress shoes because I no longer fit into them. I find it harder to come up with the words to speak whether it is orally or written. | Lyrica brought my early afternoon pain from a pre-Lyrica pain of 6/10 to a 3/10. By evening it brought my pain from a pre-Lyrica pain 8/10 to a 6/10. | F | 40 | 2 months 150 2X day | 11/19/2010 | 5 | Trigeminal neuralgia | Makes you a little fatigued. | I had been suffering from trigeminal neuralgia type 2, constant debilitating pain, brought on by mouth surgery, for almost a year. Gabapentin did not help, percoset only dulled the pain for short periods. Within a week of starting on 75mg. Lyrica 3x a day, I had tremendous relief. I now take 75 mg. 2x a day and The pain control is very good. I would highly recommend this medication for any chronic pain sufferer. | F | 53 | 4 months 75 mg 2X day | 11/17/2010 | 5 | Side effect from chemo | None | The fast relief from the pain in my feet is amazing! | F | 58 | 12 months 75 mg 2X day | 11/7/2010 | 4 | sleep disorder and hot flashes | Lyrica makes me tired, even at this tiny dose, but I was given it for my sleep disorder after a head injury. It works fairly well, but often makes me groggy in the morning. It has a side effect of treating my hot flashes, so this is a bonus. Sometimes I get bad withdrawal for one day if I stop, even with my super low dose, but I have to take breaks to due grogginess. Though I was not give this for pain control, I happen to have a tooth problem for a month - eventually got a root canal - and I actually did not feel any tooth pain for that month because I was on the lyrica! Wow! | I think people are taking way way too high of a dose here. Doctors often prescribe much higher doses than needed. What for? That's how you get side effects. I URGE people to insist on taking the smallest possible dose and working your way up until it helps you. It can't hurt, and it might help. I personally cannot imagine take 100 mg of this stuff or 75 twice a day - way too much. | F | 45 | 6 months 25 1X day | 11/7/2010 | 4 | Neuropathy - face/head/neck | Per my doctors advice, I did not drive for 2 weeks until I was used to the meds. Initially, I was very dizzy, fuzzy headed, wobbly and difficulty focusing and thinking. Most of that went away. I still have a problem with clear thinking but that may also be due to long term Lyme Disease issues. Hard to tell. I take norco and soma as well for overall pain. | F | 50 | 2 years 25mg 4X day | 11/7/2010 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | Initially, there was the "high" feeling and super energy. Very productive, but unfocused. Lightheadedness, dizziness, kinda feeling drunk or hungover. Few side effects remain. | I was on a low dose for about a year and it helped with muscle tenderness, but not for the debilitating pain I had experienced since I was 15. My doctor and I discussed incresing my dosage from 75mg2x/day to 150mg 2x/day. The results were amazing. For the first time in my adult life I am almost pain free. There are some continuing side effects: dizziness and shaking when I first take it. I probably shouldn't drive for an hour or so after I take it. But the benefits for me far out weight the risks. I haven't had any suicidal thoughts, no weight gain, although I do have bouts of ravenous hunger! I am sorry that some people have had such a bad experience with this drug, but for me, it's been a true lifesaver. I have been able to do things again. Important things, like sitting for more than ten minutes at a time. I have been able to go horseback riding, rollercoasters, sit through a movie. It's been great for me. | F | 30 | 2 years 150 2X day | 10/30/2010 |