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 | low back pain, restless leg syndrom | I am lossing my hair at an alarming rate. | This drug helps so much with the pain that goes down my leg. I stared losing my hair after about 1 year on lyrica. I am trying to get off, but it is really hard because it DOES help the pain. However I DO NOT want to be bald. | F | 55 | 395 days | 4/28/2008 | 4 | nerve damage fromfoot amputation | I took Lyrica for 6 months after my accident. I still have short term memory problems 8 months later. The memory problems improved after getting off Lyrica, but is still flustering that I have the memory problems. Has anyone else experienced this? | It definately worked for the nreve pain. Couldn't have done it with out Lyrica, but wondering if the memory will ever come back to par? | F | 43 | 6 months | 4/26/2008 | 1 | Nerve pain | Could not catch breath. Felt like a brick was on my chest. Had to go to the ER and was treated for a alerigic reaction. Also had to have a breathing treatment. | Fought for two weeks with the insurance company.Provide doctors notes to show of use of step drugs. Much leg work and large co-pay. Just to take one dose. I held high hopes for this drug. Much hype no bang. | M | 46 | 1 days | 4/25/2008 | 1 | nerve pain | loss of vision, weight gain, mood swings, | in 2months time I gained 20 lbs, swelling of my hands & feet, but most serious of all, In just 5 months of usage I lost 60% of my eyesight. Within 2 weeks of being off this horrible drug my vision is almost back to normal. Did have a slight reduction in pain. BUT NOT WORTH IT. | M | 43 | 5 months | 4/25/2008 | 3 | pain nerve | helped with pain, but had extreme hair loss | worked well for pain, but i cannot handle the hair loss | F | 41 | 1 years | 4/24/2008 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | 10 pound weight gain within 3 weeks, rash-hives, very dry skin, low blood sugar and severe pains when trying to stop medication. Slight eurphoric feeling. A lot of edema throughout my body too. Had to take water pills which didn't help all the way. | This medication does work but cannot tolerate the side effects. They outweigh the good. Haven't slept better in years though. I can't seem to stop taking some of the medication in order to go on day to day. Without the medication I cannot sleep and have severe pain throughout my body which were not that bad before I took the medicine. Waiting on a doctor's appointment to get on something else. | M | 31 | 20 days | 4/22/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | nothing significant, except feeling a little out of it. No change in eating habits or weight gain as others have reported. | But....no pain relief, unfortunately no burst of energy as other people have reported. Was hoping for constipation (to assist with chronic IBS / wheat intolerance) and got some improvement there. Also, very relaxed. Tend to be a bit high-strung (due to Fibro-hyped nervous system?) but this has me relaxed & able to focus on given tasks quite well. | F | 45 | 4 days | 4/22/2008 | 4 | FIBROMYALGIA | DRY EYES, THIRSTY, HEAD PRESSURE | SO FAR I LOVE THIS DRUG. IT'S BEEN A WEEK. I'VE HAD FIBRO FOR 25 YEARS. MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR ALSO SUGGESTED TAKING MIRALAX EVERY DAY. HE SAYS ANYONE ON THESE DRUGS SHOULD TAKE IT FAITHFULLY DUE TO ABDOMINAL CHANGES. IT'S ALL WORKING WELL FOR ME AT THIS MOMENT. I DO TAKE A FEW OTHER DRUGS. THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE OF THE RELIEF. | F | 63 | 8 days | 4/21/2008 | 2 | Herniated Disc | Tightness/pain in chest. Moodiness. Weight gain. Constantly irritated. Stiff neck and shoulders. Inability to concentrate. Restlessness. Inability to sleep. | At first the side effects were too subtle to think it was just the LYRICA. But after observing how it feels to take the LYRICA and how it feels when not taking it, I knew it was the drug. Medical Marijuana is my answer. All doctors are just sales reps for pharmaceutical companies. | M | 24 | 2 months | 4/19/2008 | 4 | nerve damage | weight gain of 40 pounds! | F | 39 | 1 years | 4/17/2008 | 2 | I gained 5 pounds in 1 weeks and at 10 days I had a severe reaction and broke out in hives all over. I will not be taking it again. I still ahve hives and I'm still very itchy. | I am taking it for a foot injury, tha tis now nerve pain that won't go away. | F | 10 | 10 days | 4/16/2008 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | I am writing this for my sister who passed away at the age of 49. She experienced swelling of hands and feet. Flu like symptoms. Pain in the neck before collapsing. Spent 24 hours in a coma before heart stopped and she passed away. | My sister took this drug for 2.5 weeks, initially felt great. Then came down with Flu like symptoms and a severe pain in her neck. | F | 49 | 2.5 weeks | 4/16/2008 | 1 | epilepsy | My dosage started low and was slowly increased. As the dosage went higher the more side effects i got and the more sever they became. I had almost every side effect on the list. At 600 mg a day I reached toxic level and had to be weaned off. Apparently it is addictive and if you quit cold turkey things things get even worse. My lack of memory had become so severe that I forgot to take it 5 days in one week. Needless to say things rapidly got worse. i ended up in the hospital having seizures (not from the epilepsy but from withdrawal). I'm now being weaned off slowly and my husband is making sure that I take them every day until my memory returns. I will never take Lyrica againg. | F | 54 | 6 months | 4/15/2008 | 2 | Nerve impringement/pain lower back | Blurry vision, very acidic stomach. Felt unfocused. Had to force concentration. | Took 75mg 2 times per day. Did not do much for the pain. Just felt "weird" like in a fog all the time. Seemed to build up over the 7 1/2 days I took the med. Just stopped taking, fog has lifted as the med clears my system. | M | 65 | 7.5 days | 4/14/2008 | 1 | Chronic Neck Pain | Extreme Weight Gain, Asthenia, Headaches, Chest Tightness/Pain, Swelling Hands/Ankles, Agitation, Depression, Confusion, Futility. | Lyrica has been awesome for reducing my pain but I have gained 50+ pounds in 7 months. I feel so utterly exhausted and overwhelmed that I don't even have the wherewithal to get dressed. If I actually do manage to get around, I'm so disoriented and forgetful it takes me 4 times as long to do routine things that I'm always late, which just exacerbates the sense of futility, the depression and the agitation. This drug does an amazing job of treating my pain but the side effects are just not worth it. What good does it do me to have reduced pain if I'm so checked-out I don't want to/don't feel like doing anything. | F | 45 | 8 months | 4/14/2008 | 3 | neuropathy in feet after surgery | I am in my second month of lyrica, and my hair is falling out at an alarming rate. I've never suffered hair loss, and my Dr. thought it might be due to the trauma from my surgery and subsequent hospitalization--but that kind of hair loss should be broken hairs, the poor protein processing from my trauma 4 months ago now having grown out and causing breakage at the weak spot. Additionally, I cannot ejaculate. Originally, I thought this, too, was a function of my surgery (which was extensive and life-saving), but after reading other people's comments here, I'm wondering if it's the Lyrica. | As for my pain, it IS diminished. Hooray! But I am getting closer to abandoning it for the hair loss problem. I tried Neurontin briefly, and it upset my stomach and caused strange bloating feelings, etc. I'm about willing to go back to it and suffer through those symptoms...if it'll make my hair stop falling out! | M | 35 | 2 months | 4/13/2008 | 3 | Chronic Post-Op abdominal pain | Affected vision and hand writing. Gained 10 lbs in 2 weeks. Depression, lethargy. Bothersome muscle twitching, which is why I stopped taking it. Twitching continues months after discontinuing use with no sign of abating. | Helped some but not enough to put up with side effects. | F | 45 | 8 weeks | 4/13/2008 | 2 | FIbromyalgia/nerve pain | Euphoric on day 1. Dry mouth followed. feels as if I have a tounge of sand paper, with no real pain relief to follow. As a fitness instuctor, the weight gain is not acceptable and I have already noticed. All these "feel better" drugs seem to have that weight gain side effect. | I have tried many medications and treaments these past few years and have found NOTHING that really takes the pain away...aside from knocking me out...not a good idea as the mother of 4! Found Lyrica to be unremarkable and as I have been living with the pain for so long, another irritation ( the extremely dry mouth and weight gain) is not worth it to me. Cymbalta is the ONLY drug I will take that I feel truely lives up to it's name. | F | 42 | 2 days | 4/11/2008 | 4 | Chrocic pain in back after accident | Vertigo, blurriness, short memory is bad, needing to go to loo more often, need stronger glasses, gain weight altough I'm on WW diet, depression, anxiety, sleepines and vice versa can stay wake all night and sleep all day. My hands and shoulders have TIC-symptoms perticulary a few hours after taking the drug. | It helps with my back pain but I need to take Neurotin on top of it. Dosage is 1x75 + 1x 125 mg/day, two times a day. Still I need to take Panacod 500 mg and Burana 800 mg from time to time. | F | 42 | 6 months | 4/8/2008 | 3 | Prevent shingles after pain | Sometimes a metalic after taste in the mouth. Seems to affect my mental behavior sometimes, more impatient and easily irritated. Have zits at many different places but don't really know if related. | M | 32 | 4 months | 4/8/2008 |