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 |
| 5 | fibromyalgia | diziness,sleepliness | great medicine | F | 21 | 6 months | 11/22/2008 | 1 | Neuro Pain From Spinal Cord Injury | Prescribed 150 mg. Lyrica. Small improvement in pain from spinal cord injury. Fuzzy headed with memory lapses. Developed a stutter and incontinence. In 7th month gained 16 lbs. + 5 lb. gain in 8th mo. resulted in congestive heart failure preceded by shortness of breath, extreme bone, joint and soft tissue pain from shoulders,chest, elbows, through hips to bottom of feet. Progressive pain interrupted sleep for 2 months. Mattress pressure exacerbated new pain. Diuretics were ineffective with its own side effects. Self-medicated with Advil for anti inflammatory relief, but Advil further complicated my condition. After being off Lyrica 3 months I was prescribed 30 mg. Gabpentin for spinal neuro pain, but feet swelling and 3 lb. weight gain reinforced my inability to take this class of drug. | For all of you who have experienced bad side effects, please consider letting the FDA know & COPY YOUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT (www.fda.gov/medwatch). After the fact, I learned that my physicians should have been routinely monitoring my labs while I was on Lyrica. Blood, urine labs and cardiology exams supported fluid build-up around my heart and kidney dysfunction which lead to congestive heart failure. Weight loss was slow as was improvement in pseudo fibromyalgia pain and inability to sleep. My body healed itself over time. At 10 months off Lyrica I experienced shortness of breath when talking & multitasking. Left with trigger finger in both hands which developed during the full onset of symptoms. The effects of Lyrica leached the tenosynovial fluid in my fingers. Thumb joint pain severe. Other than my spine injury, I was otherwise healthy. The critical illness I experienced while on Lyrica was insidious. If you want advice, don't give Lyrica a second chance once you kno | F | 55 | 8 months | 11/22/2008 | 3 | myofascial pain syndrome | some sleepiness initially, after several weeks- excessive salivation and a few canker sores in mouth | After 3-4 weeks, on 75mg twice daily, my pain resolved 90%, which was so great ! However around week 12, started to have discomfort in mouth. Have been off Lyrica for one week- Doctor said to half the dose which I did last night, but mouth felt more sore today. I'm concerned that there's not enough research yet on the long-term safety of this drug. It may be OK for a shorter period of time, but longer ? The jury is out. | F | 44 | 88 days | 11/18/2008 | 5 | Degerative disc disease | Vertigo, very badly first couple days. Otherwise tired, but decreased pain | I first tried Lyrica a couple years ago when i stopped because of disliking the side effects. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago when my back was doing another "electrical storm" and I was tearing apart the medicine cabnet looking for the Lyrica. It then occured to me, then I didn't have the level of NERVE pain as I do today (2 back surgeries and a lot of scar tissue wrapped around nerves), then it was osteo. Now today It is a life saver. I can play with my kid again. It has been 3 years since i really could play before. If you have NERVE pain i say try this. If it's not nerve pain then pass. | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 11/15/2008 | 3 | nerve | very expensive even with insurance | M | 200 days | 11/15/2008 | 4 | Social Anxiety | Weight Gain, blurry vision, slight tremors | Euphoria in the beginning, I found that this drug makes me talkative and feel more empathetic and closer to people, music and food. Now I take it about 2 to 3 times a month, or on special occasions. Great mood enhancement without making me feel drugged. | M | 50 | 2 years | 11/13/2008 | 1 | diabetic neuropathy;fibromyalgia | extreme weight gain; short term memory loss; fatigue; felt "high"; BOWEL INCONTINENCE | There is nothing positive about this drug. Altho it barely helped my neuropathy, it did nothing for fibromyalgia. The side effects are devastating and sneak up you. They don't occur all at once when you first start taking it. | F | 61 | 1 years | 11/11/2008 | 5 | PRK Eye Surgery | Very woozy and high feeling even after a full night's sleep. Trouble walking for about an hour after waking. Experienced no pain after the surgery which was a very welcome relief as I can't take opiates like Oxycontin, Percodan, etc. No nausea. | I took one at night and slept comfortably, though it was a VERY sound sleep (thank god the building didn't start on fire or I never would have woken up). The next evening I went out to dinner with friends and even though I hadn't taken a pill in almost 24 hours, became extremely inebriated after 2 glasses of wine...to the point of blacking out. I thought it would be okay to have a drink that long after dosing. DO NOT DRINK AT ALL, EVEN 24 HOURS AFTER TAKING LYRICA. | F | 41 | 2 days | 11/10/2008 | 3 | Nerve Pain/Degen. Disk Dis./Fibro | Weight Gain 5lbs in 1 1/2 weeks with no change of eating habits. Swollen hands and feet, bloated feeling. Feeling high. sleepiness. Dry mouth. Loss of words when holding a conversation. Worsening vision. | Lyrica has helped with the nerve pain in my arm. (I am soon to have neck surgery) But the side effects are not easy to deal with. At 4'11" weight gain is not something I care to deal with, plus the extra weight and bloating causes more pain due to fibromyalsia. I just called my Dr. and asked to be taken off of Lyrica. Hopefully he will prescribe something else that works without the side effects. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 11/10/2008 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Weight gain, very increased appitite, muscle stiffness which goes away if you work through it. | To the individual who commented there is no such thing as fibromyalgia - you are a knucklehead. | F | 60 | 6 months | 11/9/2008 | 3 | Interstitial Cystitis & Vulvodynia | Weight gain, swelling of extremities, urinary retention | Lyrica was a miracle for me until this past week. Having big problems with urinary retention and now all of my pain is back, and worse.... | F | 48 | 7 weeks | 11/9/2008 | 1 | nreve damage / degenerative disk | dizziness, weight gain, difficulty urinating, tiredness, terrible depression, memory loss | I've been on 150mg daily for several years (can't remember how long). the dizziness went away fairly quickly but then the depression set in. 2 1/2 yrs ago I felt myself drop in a dark hole and can't get out no matter what try. Lately suicidal thoughts occupy my mind everyday. It's getting to where it is an actual battle to not do it. I have seen ads from lawyers about pepole committing suicide or trying to while on Lryica. I'm quitting this drug. VERY BAD!!!! | F | 52 | 3 years | 11/9/2008 | 1 | Small Fiber sensory Nerophathy | I take 4 100mg of Lyrica a day, I can't tell anything for relief or side effects. I take 4 Lortabs, Cymbalta,3 xanax's and Vitiam D3 and nothing helps. I go to Special Clinic's in the Country and for the people who think they have "Fibromyalgia" there is no such thing. | Drug does nothing, might as well take a sugar pill. | M | 32 | 6 months | 11/8/2008 | 1 | Lyme Disease | Oddly enough, I am in the Pharmaceutical business and have experienced a great number of side effects while taking LYRICA mentioned by others at this site. Please note, Report Your Side Effects as follows: www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 800-FDA-1088. This is a very dangerous drug in my opinion. Also, no one could figure out why it took me 7 months to wean off which was very scary. | F | 57 | 2 years | 11/8/2008 | 1 | fibromyalgia | euphoria, increased energy, insomnia | For the first two weeks, I thought that I had finally got my miracle. I not only felt good, I felt GOOD. I felt like Wonder Woman! I cleaned my house and weeded the garden and went for walks and still had energy to spare. It was a euphoric feeling, better than good. Plus, my pain was dramatically better. Then, after two weeks, it stopped. It stopped like the engineer pulled the emergency brakes! We tried increasing the dose, nothing, nada, zip. Pain was back full force and so was the fatigue. And it's not cheap either -- my co-pay was nearly $70. I cannot imagine how much it must cost if you don't have insurance. If it would have continued to work, I'd have gladly paid any price. I stayed on it for a couple of months, hoping that it would start to work again, but no such luck. | F | 43 | 60 days | 11/7/2008 | 1 | sciatica | one dose of 75mg completely sent me into la la land. dizzy upon standing. no coordination, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE! makes you feel very down and out of it.very spacey. dry mouth. | i felt like a vegetable. did absolutely nothing for the pain! still in a fog and still in alot of pain. this drug is horrible! my dr told me, "you may feel euphoric". what a joke! i feel like s***. do not make any plans taking lyrica. they wont happen | F | 38 | 1 days | 11/7/2008 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Increased brain fog,memory loss, severe fatigue, "high" feeling, dizziness, dry mouth and weight gain. | It has helped me greatly with pain but the side effects aren't that charming. | F | 16 | 2 months | 11/6/2008 | 3 | Epilepsy | EXTREME adverse effect on coordination, EXTREME swelling in hands and feet, very blurred vision, sense of feeling "high", extreme tiredness, dry mouth, excessive desire for nicotene. | While Lyrica has had an impact on reducing my partial seizures (down from 5-6 per day to 1-2 every other day) I'm in a position of having to choose between the seizures and the side effects. I also take Dilantin and phenobarbital. | F | 45 | 120 days | 11/6/2008 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | I've taking Lyrica since January 08. Extreme dizziness right away, dry mouth, confusion, loss of hand control (would drop things), hot flashes, severe headaches, nausea, bruising easily, small rashes, moody, complete loss of sex drive, concentration is pretty much gone, loss of balance, memory loss. I would have a conversation and not remember it 30 mins later! I'm sure there is more, I just can't remember right now! | Lyrica has helped with my severe pain from my fibromyalgia, BUT sometimes the side effects really interrupt my life... almost as much as the pain! The last few days, I've been dizzier than usual and I'm feeling like I am going to pass out. Sigh... I'm feel better knowing that it's from the medicine and I'm not going into menopause!! | F | 38 | 11 months | 11/4/2008 | 4 | neuropathy | weight gain and mild memory loss | I was given lyrica for pain in my feet but although it did not help a whole lot with the pain it amazingly took away my chronic morning nausea that no one can diagnose or explain. When I tried to wean off because of the weight gain the nausea came back. I am now only taking 75 mg at night. No one can explain why it works for my chronic morning nausea but it does? | F | 46 | 2 years | 11/2/2008 |