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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Chronic back/leg pain & spasm | Weight gain, ankle swelling, foggy brain. | I have chronic back & leg pain and severe spasm & leg twitching for over 30 years. I wan on baclofen for spasm and neuropantin for over 5 years. My nuerologist recommended Lyrica to replace neurontin. For about 3 weeks, I felt really good. Pain was reduced significantly and I felt really great. I was also able to sleep deeper. However, few serious side effects kicked in. I've gained about 10-15 pound in within 6 month. I work out regulary at the gym but it didn't help at all. My ankle started to be swelling all the time. Finally, after about 1 year, I had to stop taking the lyrica. My weight gain made my back and leg pain worth. It's been about 5 month since I stopped taking it but I still can't loose my weight. | M | 48 | 1 years | 9/7/2009 | 1 | fybromyalgia | have not taken it for a year and still have side affects from taken it i now sometimes can not remember things i get lost in a fog and i get scared to drive so if you take it you will be sorry deal with the pain stop eating red meat drink green tea it helps not to eat red meat . | M | 42 | 3 months | 9/5/2009 | 1 | Disc protusion, nerve pain | Feeling very drunk, hyped-up, blurred vision, slurring words, dropping things | 3 days ago my doctor prescribed one 75mg tablet twice a day. The lst tablet I took at night, so didn't feel any side-effects. After taking my 2nd tablet the next morning I felt high, vision was blurry and when my husband arrived home that afternoon he thought I was drunk as I was dropping things and slurring my words, on the plus side I felt good!! Took tablet number 3 that night and had the best night's sleep I've had in years (I usually waking up 3 or 4 times a night but don't think I woke up once) In the morning took 4th tablet and again felt high, vision more blurry, talking very fast and increase in appetite. With all of these side effects, the pain that I am taking it for has hardly been helped at all. Have decided to stop taking this drug as these side-effects are too disturbing, only thing I will miss is the good night's sleep!! | F | 56 | 2 days | 9/5/2009 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | Dizziness, brain fog, mood swings, crying for no reason, irritability, sleepyness. | This drug *worked* for my Fibro pain. After one week at 150mg per day the pain was nearly gone. After another week at 300mg per day there was no pain. Unfortunately, the side effects were awful. I felt high all the time, I couldn't remember anything - I was constantly searching for the right words. The brain fog was even worse than my fibro fog. When the mood swings kicked in, I had to call my rheumatologist and ask to be put on something different. In short: It works, but the side effects aren't worth it. | F | 1 months | 9/3/2009 | 1 | MS | extreme twitching of shoulders/arms, felt completely drugged and out of reality, insomnia | I was put on this drug during a prednisone taper for burning pain from MS. After the 3 week prednisone taper, I stopped the 50 mg of Lyrica and completely quit sleep. I'd go for 4 days/nights without sleep and would then sleep for 2 hours and the cycle would repeat. I then tried to reinstate the Lyrica (50 mg) reading it helped with sleep but would still get only 2-4 hours/night. Doctor then added Ambien (same results) and Lunesta (same results). After being on for 2 months and having extreme twitching/insomnia, I tried to stop again. Went into horrific insomnia. Not sleeping for 5 nights and then sleep 2 hours. After 2 months of this, doctor put on Remeron which slowly helped to get 4-5 hours of sleep. Currently withdrawing from the Remeron. Prior to this nightmare, I always slept well and soundly. Evil drug. | F | 42 | 2 months | 9/3/2009 | 1 | Fibromayalgie | My doc gave it to me for my neck pain and during first 5 weeks everything seems ok. But then sudden side effects like terrible joint pain especially at neck and pelvic, hipoglisemi attacks, heart and stomach problems and serious anxiety appeared. My doc said to cut of it within a week. It's almost one week that I couldnt take the drug but I still have Awful withodrawal effects like serious headache even do not concentrate on anything. I wish I couldnt use this POISON and hope it goes from my body soon.. | Never use this drug, it should be banned | F | 33 | 2 months | 8/25/2009 | 3 | Shingles | drowsiness, dizziness, blurred/double vision, loss of appetite, headache, mood swings/depression, nausea | It has helped with the nerve pain but the side effects are terrible! I'm still taking it right now and can't wait to get off of it! | F | 24 | 10 days | 8/23/2009 | 5 | epileptic siezures | increased appetite but it's OK Maybe a little light headed | I sleep good and wake up clear headed and ready to go(all new for me)I took it for a few weeks then switched to a generic because I don't have insurance for brands but the generic made me drugged. I'm back on Lyrica now for a week and will find a way to pay for it($300 per month)It's given me a life, now I can find a job. My wife likes me better. | M | 62 | 7 days | 8/22/2009 | 4 | Fibromyalgia, GAD | eye twitching, slightly blurred vision, increased tendency to fall asleep, feeling "high", poor balance, water retention, decreased urination, gas, weight gain | This is a powerful drug that has a lot of side effects but so far I'm really pleased. I've been on Lyrica for about two weeks, one week on 75 mg and the next on 150 mg. I also take .5 mg of Flexeril at night to help me sleep. In spite of the side effects, it has gotten rid of persistent excruciating back pain, tingling and weakness in hands, anxiety depression and severe insomnia. I'm able to do most of what I used to do: sewing, playing the piano, cleaning, cooking, artwork, hoisting granchildren, etc. I was a pretty busy person involved with many things before I was felled by fibro and pretty much incapacitated. It has also worked wonder on my anxiety disorder and feel much less stressed out. I had been reluctant to even go to a doctor with fibro, since the first Rheum doc told me 5 years ago I needed to pursue an "aerobic exercise program", which made it worse. I did a lot of "other" treatments: I am on the Paelolithic diet and take B-12, Magnesium and Fish oil, which helped a little but not enough. I also tried Guaifenesin (worked a little, then built up a tolerance and then it caused severe urethritis), Ativan (same problem), Soma (a complete waste of a drug) and months of PT (did almost nothing). I knew that my mother probably had Fibromyalgia/GAD and it scared me that I could up an invalid like her. New doc doc said the gold standard for fibro drugs is now Lyrica. I gained 5 lbs but it's just water. I'd rather be fat and pain free than skinny and in | F | 57 | 14 days | 8/22/2009 | 1 | fibromyalgia | It did help with the pain when I first started taking it. However the side effects I have experienced are worse than the Fibromyalgia pain. I gained 30lbs. while taking this med. It caused me to suffer with unbearable anxiety, nervousness, upper back pain, fever, chills, headaches, persistent sore throat, nausea, and sometimes vomitting. Trying to get off this med. is so difficult because my side effect symptoms get worse when I skip a dose or two. | Taking 150mg. daily. Was taking twice daily as prescribed by my doctor. Will soon be off this medicine, hopefully! | F | 42 | 18 months | 8/22/2009 | 2 | facial neuropathy | side effects were worse than my symptoms-headache, severe nausea, sleeplessness | F | 59 | 2 months | 8/20/2009 | 4 | Fibro & chronic back pain | Initially a little fuzzy headed but after a couple of days it went away. Increased appetite. | I'll have to say at 75mg twice daily, my pain has subsided tremendously! For the last 18 years I have taken Lortab 10 mg. six times daily. Now I only take maybe 2 Lortab and that's only to get off of it gradually. For me this seems too good to be true. I'm hoping that I don't experience any of the side effects that I'm reading about. I'm expecting weight gain but I'm ready to fight that. | F | 62 | 7 days | 8/19/2009 | 4 | pain | Felt high/weird in the beginning but after a while I got used it. I do not have pain any longer because of Lyrica. I do not have problems with memory loss or weight gain none of that. I take 50mg in morning and 50mg in afternoon and that is it. It helps me with job performance. I eventually hope to gradually taper off to see what happens, I would prefer to be drug free. Another thing,it helps alot with anxiety, which works out good for me. If your thinking of taking this medicine give it a chance, take small dose for a while. Beware of the withdraw that is associated with this drug meaning, taper off over a few month period. Good luck I know I'll need it. | M | 42 | 7 months | 8/18/2009 | 5 | Ortho pain for 5+ years | Changed the taste of food -- bad taste in mouth. Substantially DECREASED appetite. | The medicine has been a miracle for me. I had been in almost constant pain for 5+ years and had 3 surgeries in the past 4 years, 16 surgeries in the past 30 years due to a terrible car accident. Within 24 hours of starting Lyrica, I am pain free. I am a little sore at the site of my last surgery 7 weeks ago, but nothing compared to what I have been experiencing, and no pain in the rest of my body. I feel like I can have a life again. I have been on Vicodin for 5 years and 1 week, taking as many as 8 a day. I recently was prescribed Narco to take in conjunction with Vicodin when I needed something stronger. Since starting Lyrica I have taken 4 Vicodin. I am thankful that, so far, I have not had any side effect that would make me stop taking this medicine. | F | 52 | 5 days | 8/17/2009 | 1 | Ruptured L5S1 disk | Blurred vision, tremors, short-term memory loss, insomnia | Absolutely hated this medicine. It did nothing for my back pain but I had terrible hand trembling. I'm now on neurontin which when taken with Celebrex has made me pain-free! | F | 44 | 9 weeks | 8/17/2009 | 2 | Diabetic Neuropathy | Swelling in ankle (left side), massive weight gain, dizziness, fuzziness, blurry vision, foggy headed, memory loss, trouble speaking. | I was on Gapapentin for neuropathy, after experiencing heavy swelling from that drug, doctor put me on Lyrica. 50mg a day at first then up to 100. Once on the 100, noticed ankle swelling and serious fogginess of memory. I have great difficulty talking at times to the point others notice it and point it out. Not as sleepy as I used to be though I can still easily sleep 12-15 hours a day. Always extremely hungry so I've packed on quite a few pounds, gone from 160 to 180 quite easily in just a few months. I find it almost to be worse than the symptoms it's attempting to treat. | F | 32 | 2 months | 8/16/2009 | 1 | Nerve Pain - Multiple Sclerosis | Swelling/Weight Gain, High Blood Pressure, Yeast Infection, Extreme Sleepiness/Passing out and falling, Headache, Difficulty Falling Asleep, Increased Number of Hypnogogic Attacks, Severe Leg Pain, Grey Rings Around the Iris of my Eyes, Anxiety, Short-Term Memory Loss | My Doctor prescribed Lyrica, for my Multiple Sclerosis, in hopes that it would ease some of my severe nerve pain. I was very optimistic and even prepared to live with the side effects that many people complain of, as my pain is so bad, that I would literally give an arm or a leg, for relief. After taking the med for one week, I have not had ANY pain relief. I have, however, experienced many side effects, some of which are not acceptable (or, at least, not acceptable, considering the fact that I am still in pain). Here are the side effects that I can think of (one of which, is Short-Term memory loss - imagine that!): Swelling/Weight Gain, High Blood Pressure, Yeast Infection, Extreme Sleepiness/Passing out and falling, Headache, Difficulty Falling Asleep, Increased Number of Hypnogogic Attacks, Severe Leg Pain, Grey Rings Around the Iris of my Eyes, Anxiety and Short-Term Memory Loss. I know what my Doctor is going to say - "You need to stick with it, a while longer, and also, I'm going to increase your dose". Well, no thank you! That's how so many people end up taking 600mg/day and are still hurting! This medication is not for me. You may decide to try it, out of desperation, but just remember - be very watchful, for side effects - some of them are quite serious and should not be taken lightly. | M | 39 | 7 days | 8/13/2009 | 1 | neuropathy,fibromyalia, | immediate weight gain,was on 75mg BID for several years with only this one side effect. Dr. increased to 150mg TID. Slept through 6 months of my life. Higher than a kite most of the time. Family even called pain clinic,thought I was abusing my pain meds.Severe brain fog, memory loss,involuntary body movements,dry mouth,Do not recommend this drug in higher doses.Went back down to 75mg. Some return of symptoms but will live with it rather than deal with the side effects. | F | 43 | 3 years | 8/11/2009 | 2 | fibro | Extreme sleppyness - slept for 16 hours! "Zonked" feeling. Speech: could not think of words I knew to say. Slurred speech. Hands so puffy, could not put wedding rings on. Swollen eyelids. Dry mouth. Crying easily & often. Feel as if I could fall, pass out, esp after getting up from sitting. Can't imagine driving while taking this! | Pain? What pain???!!You'll sleep right through it! PLEASE GO TO FDA MEDWATCH! All the side effects I've read so far are listed there. (Looks like I might have an allergic reaction.) Never been high, but I guess this is what it feels like - not going to stay on this RX. Hope it helps someone out there, please just keep an eye on possible weird side effects! | F | 45 | 7 days | 8/9/2009 | 4 | Fibromyalgia/neuropathy | CONSTIPATION. --> weight gain. "foggy"/lose train of thought easily. dry eyes. | I began taking Lyrica to qualm constant all-over body aches and pains after having MRIs on head and back (to check for slipped disc, MS), many trips to the lab for blood draws (to check: TSH, Free T-4, Vit. D, Mono, Lymes, FSH, etc.), and increasing frustration - as I am an Exercise Physiologist and Personal Trainer who could barely wake up, let alone make it through the day...and FORGET exercise! OUCH! and WAY too tired! Lyrica allowed me to do some mild-moderate training for a short-course triathlon, as the pain was much less (and when fatigue was under control (most days)). I am currently taking 150mg BID but am now experiencing awful constipation (have been since the beginning--have NEVER had problem before) despite a diet full of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Constipation definitely accounts for probably all of the weight I've gained while taking Lyrica - unfortunate, but true - ew. When it's been "a few days", then I am even more tired and sick to my stomach and feverish and get crabby - wouldn't you?!?! I'm sick of taking laxatives to remedy, as I fear it is going to destroy my body's ability to do the work itself. Recently, I went to a Pharmacology In-Service and learned a little about how some pain medications cause "inhibition of perastalsis of the intestines", meaning - your intestines don't do the job that they are supposed to in ELMINATING feces. Ugh. Now what?! | F | 24 | 3 months | 8/5/2009 |