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 | My mom started taking this medication for fibro about a month ago. The first two weeks she thought it was the miracle drug. Then she started getting really dizzy. About a week and a half ago she started having symptoms of a TIA. Total confusion, not knowing the city she lived in. Racing heartbeat. Unable to move for hours at a time. Not able to speak for hours at a time. Went to the ER 2 times in 3 days, being carried in there. Doctors acting like she was crazy. This drug has totally taken her over, she has stopped taking it for 5 days now and these episodes are continuing daily and unable to go to work or leave the house. | I cannot believe this has been put on the market. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IT. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. | F | 49 | 29 days | 3/25/2008 | 1 | Fibro, MS pain | Passed first kidney stone, liver enz. way up, horrible itching ,swollen: hands, feet,legs. Pain in abdom. Memory loss, hair loss, depression, extreeme fatigue. | Worked great for 3 days, I felt new again. Pain came back about half of what it was but when the itching all over the body, hair loss and stomach pain started, on such a low dose (25mg X 2day), I checked my liver and the blood test was so bad I got off imm. One week out and I am still having a very hard go of it. I am finding getting off as hard if not harder than being on. Just hope my husband can hang in there..... | F | 50 | 21 days | 3/23/2008 | 3 | seizures/joint pain | dizziness usually in the morning accompanied by a burning sensation or numbness on one side of body, from my head to my foot; hair loss may be from this drug; weight gain | I have little to no joint pain. I have not had any seizures, but this may not be because of Lyrica. I am a stroke survivor and the side effects are similar to stroke symptoms... this makes me very nervous and has sent me to the emergency room twice. I take 150mg 2x day. | F | 68 | 2 months | 3/22/2008 | 4 | small fiber neuropathy | M | | 3/21/2008 | 3 | fibromyalgia | Started at 25 mg daily x 3 days, then up to 50 mg x 3 days, and now am at 150 mg daily. Have to take at nighttime due to grogginess next day and being in a "fog." Has helped quite a bit with the fibro pain, stiffness, and tenderness of muscles, and I seem to have more energy. However, the terrible down side is increased depression, emotional lability, crying spells (already on Zoloft but at low dose of 50 mg a day; chronic depression over 15 years), thoughts of suicide and feelings that family would be better off if I were gone, just a whole lot of hopelessness. | F | 53 | 11 days | 3/21/2008 | 3 | Fibromyalgia and Nerve pain | After stopping severe headaches and I took it for about a 1 1/2 months and gained 6-7lbs. Which isn't good at all for someone with fibromyalgia. | I do believe that it helped, but I can't afford to gain anymore weight. I'm already overweight and that doesn't help. | F | 28 | 2 months | 3/20/2008 | 4 | Nerve pain in bottom of both feet | Involuntary twitch: (not prevelant or frequent) dry eyes at times-slight change in vision sometimes fuzzy. | I take 75 mg twice a day. I am not diabetic but I have extreme nerve pain in bottom of feet. Presumably from back as I have had a fusion. Pain in feet started before the fusion. Lyrica definately helps the pain. Not completely gone but I definately know the difference if I forget to take the morning dose. I am concerned about if there is long term effects or if it would promote alzheimers. I have not been able to find any information about long term effects. | F | 57 | 2.5 days | 3/19/2008 | 5 | Nerve Pain In My Legs | Sleepiness | It has worked wonderfully for me. | F | 56 | 6 days | 3/15/2008 | 3 | nerve pain | Blurred Vision (severe), weight gain, forgetfulness, lack of sexual desire, difficulty in reaching sexual satisfaction. | Has really helped with nerve pain as long as I take it timely. I am up to 75mm 3x daily. Very concerned with side effects. Considering going off and trying Neurontin. Also Lyrica is very expensive costing $235. monthly after insurance. | F | 48 | 6 months | 3/15/2008 | 2 | lower back pain | Where to start. MAJOR fatigue. Increased appetite. Trouble concentrating thinking/super over-emotional and moody. Weight gain. | I have a terrible back with disc problems, inflamed joints, etc for two years and tried everything. I thought this might help..pain relief is very minimal if anything but the side effects are pretty severe. I didn't expect this but I just lost 70 lbs and I've already gained 7 back after 16 days on this stuff not to mention I'm falling asleep at work/crying at the drop of a hat. No thanks. Side effects heavily outweigh any good it did for me. | F | 22 | 16 days | 3/14/2008 | 1 | Fibromyalgia and neuropathy | Horrible dry eyes and blurred vision. Could not read or use the computer. Eye drops brought no relief. Stopped using lyrica after 30 days when it was obvious symptoms were not going away. | For one month took 50mg at night. Was not able to increase frequency or dosage because of eye/vision problems. Why can't the drug companies find drug solutions with less side effects for people? Why are we forced to trade one set of problems for different problems? | F | 52 | 30 days | 3/14/2008 | 1 | Fibromyaglia | Felt high 1st day, very loopy -I had to keep increasing the dosage almost weekly cause the pain seemed to break through. first 75mg then 2 x 75 mg -by the 27th day I was feeling more pain so I was told to take 3 x 75mg -had memory blanks, big time food cravings w/no control, swelling in hands and face (causing big acne lesions), weight gain -bloating, irritable, trouble concentrating. Slept great though. | I had gone shopping- bought something and as I was leaving the store could not remember how I paid. I had a paper in my hand that I was 85% sure was the bill but i still wondered if the clerk would call me back to pay. I could not remember if I'd paid cash or Interac. When I got outside I saw on the bill I'd paid Interac but I could not remember punching in my code, etc... very scary. Off of Lyrica now for 2.5 weeks and had another small blank but at least this time with concentration I was able to recall the missing moment. Swelling in face went down and bloating too. Not worth taking if you have to keep increasing doses to have an long term effect on pain and the side effects were scary. | F | 35 | 34 days | 3/13/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | 1st day-Euphoria. No Pain except for some stomach cramps. Tons of Energy, extreme dry mouth, 2nd day-Euphoria energy. Confusion. Forgetfulness. Unable to complete a sentence. 3rd day-More sorenes than the previous days. Kept forgetting what I was doing. Walking back and forth confused. more stomach cramps. took an ambien-had waking dreams, like nightmares or night terrors. very frightening, 4th day-same as 3rd but with more soreness and hand shaking and wrists twitching. also took ambien had more frightening dreams. stomach cramps. 5th day-felt like the first day. euphoric (if that's a real word), energy. no ambien no nightmares! 6th day just like the fifth with hand tremors and twitches worsening | I have never felt so good in my life! I've only been on it-50mg 3-4 x a day- for 5 days now. I've had so much energy. I can take care of my babies and do dishes and laundry all at the same time. I was barely able to handle my 7 month old before. Each day I had stomach cramps and forgetfulness with some confusion. And I also had extreme dry mouth from day one. But if it means no pain I'll continue to take it. I had no nausea, no dizziness, no sleepy feeling. Each day my hand tremors worsened and my wrist twitching would increase. That started around the 3rd day. The 3rd and 4th day were painful but I think it was just a "bad" day like us Fibros seem to have. Each morning I would wake up with different pains one day my knee felt sprained the next day my arm felt like it had been hit by a bus. But I would take the medecine right when I rolled out of bed. Within minutes the pain would subside. I'm not sure why. Maybe I slept wrong on those body parts or something. I would encoura | F | 24 | 6 days | 3/12/2008 | 1 | Nerve pain from back surgery | Very light headed - extreme virtigo (not a good thing since I ride a motorcyle) - hunger - hunger - hunger | Must say it blocked pain well.... had surgery 40 years ago - have tried everything - but for now - stopped the drug - vertigo and light headed are not for me - back to sleeping in 2 hour fits due to pain - but better than walking around in a fog! | M | 59 | 14 days | 3/10/2008 | 4 | FMS | During the first week, some mild euphoria and a 5lb weight gain. A little spacey but tolerable. | A huge improvement in decreasing neuropathy and improving mental clarity. It also helps with anxiety, allowing me to decrease the med I take for that. I believe it should be started at a low dose and increased as tolerated. I've taken 50mg x 3 for nearly 3 years and if I attempt to adjust up I'm to tired. Whenever I've experimented with going off I see a return of neuropathy and I gain another 5lbs going back on. Among my FMS group it is either great or terrible. | F | 51 | 2.9 years | 3/8/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | N/A | It did not help me much, if at all. I have tried increasing the dosage, but it still was not effective. | M | 42 | 1 years | 3/8/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Sleepiness, blurred vision, eratic mood swings, anxiety, abnormal thoughts, dizziness, | I have had a couple of incidents of abnormal-type thoughts and confusion where it felt as if I was "living in a dream". I am extremely sleepy all of the time. I have mood swings frequently and feel extremly jittery and stressed. Overall pain has decreased minimally at best | F | 40 | 6 months | 3/7/2008 | 5 | fibromyalgia & herniated disk c7 | sleepy and slightly high, some blurred vision; like trying to see through teary eyes. All went away after first week. | I am opiod tolerant, having been on percocet and vicodin and morphine/kadian for 1.5 years for pain. Hated the Kadian so I switched Drs and started Lyrica. Started with 50 mg at bedtime as Dr said it would make me sleepy. After 1 wk uped dose to 100 mg at bedtime. After 3 wks am ready to start 100 at bed and 50 in the afternoon. Lower dose does not make me sleepy anymore. This is the best pain relief I have had in 10 years. No swelling, weight gain or other problems, maybe because I was opoid tolerant to start out. If you have never been on narcotics, Lyrica may be a shock to the system. No drug is for everyone, but many of us are finding great relief from Lyrica. | F | 47 | 3 weeks | 3/6/2008 | 4 | fibtomyalgia/migraines | Felt floaty and moody for 1 week - then felt great. | caused weight gain. My weight can fluctuate by 4 or 5 pounds overnight. | F | 39 | | 3/6/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | In 6 months I have gained 15 lbs. since about the second month of taking this drug. However, I do not want to go back to the Pain. I guess I'll be doing exercise at the YMCA. | The first week I almost through them down the drain; I made it fine, so different not having all that pain every day. The problem of the weight gain is really upsetting me, however I don't want to go back to pain. | F | 64 | 6 months | 3/5/2008 |