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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | degenerative disc cronic neuropathy | feeling high, memory loss,cognitive problems,intense dreams | I am currently taking 225mg per day lyrica for chronic back and leg pain.have already had 3 failed surgeries, epidurals, cortisone,pt etc.although there are side effects(for 2 weeks I felt totally out of it) my pain has so dramatically decreased that it is worth it for the time being so it is positive for me but I feel very drugged up-may be a combination of all the medication I take though.good luck nothing else has come close but I also have spinal traction and wear a back brace too | F | 35 | 3 months | 10/21/2007 | 3 | Pain from Shingles | None that were really that bad at first, only some slight lightheadedness, and now I am losing hair at a phenomenal rate, and will be seeking other cures for this, because there is a great notice in hair loss. | I would say it works ok, but not working at night when the tingling in my ears is at it's worse. | F | 26 | 5 weeks | 10/21/2007 | 3 | Degenerative disc disease/fibromyal | feeling high/outside of myself,trouble concentrating, memory loss, bad leg pain-swollen knees, trouble sleeping, starting urination difficult, blurred & double vision at times | Started Lyrica 75mg 2x per day- great relief from fibro symptoms not back pain- had side effects including high sensation and light headedness. Was put on oxycontin for pain in lower back and hip, and increased Lyrica to 150 mg 2x per day- all other symptoms started then. Giving it chance for symptoms to subside- worth trying to rid fibromyalgic pain- though co-workers are concerned about my look and concentration issues | F | 39 | 28 days | 10/19/2007 | 3 | jaw pain | weight gain...some fatigue | M | 40 | 1 years | 10/17/2007 | 3 | intermittent head pain | "high" sensation after two doses at 75mg, headache upon awakening. Too soon to tell much else. | Doctor prescribed this for intermittent pulsing head pain at the top of my head. I was worried about the pressure I was feeling and the fact that it could be a symptom of a brain tumor, aneurysm, or abcess. But she said it was probably just nerve damage and prescribed 2x75mg Lyrica a day. After the first does, I slept nearly all day. About four hours after my second dose, I felt higher than a kite! It wasn't an unpleasant effect, and fortunately it came on after I had just taught a class. Otherwise, I could not have functioned. I slept well but awoke with the worst headache I'd had in ages. I'm going to keep up with it for a while, but I won't take the morning dose if I have any appointments or commitments during the day. The pulsing pain in my head continues, and on a scale of 1-10, it's only around a 2. Not sure that it warrants this drug. I have spondylosis, nerve damage and numbness in my arm, and had the disk surgery a year and a half ago, which did more to alleviate pain than any | F | 52 | 1 days | 10/16/2007 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | Dizziness, internal buzzing, shakiness, feel like I'm on amphetamine, sleeplessness, irritability, mood swings | I've suffered severe pain and symptoms as long as I can remember. I have been through many drugs. However, like someone else here said, I am extremely sensitive to meds. I am at 150 mg. doing 50 at 3X@day. I feel jittery, dizzy and unlike others, have lost my appetite. My doc wanted me to try Lyrica because she doesn't want me to stay on opioids. I AM getting significant relief of pain with Lyrica, but am now thinking whether it is worth it - I never felt so jittery or wired on the opioids and got the same relief. This is very vexing to me. Also? I'd gotten off Ambien with the opioid, now I need it to sleep again. | F | 54 | 2 weeks | 10/13/2007 | 5 | Intense itching from pinched nerves | My biggest complaint is constipation. I thought I had no other side effects until my husband told me that my personality had changed! He says I'm "wired" when he gets home. I talk non-stop and I'm TOO upbeat. I take 75 mg in the a.m. and 75 at dinner. Strange, if I'm wired, why do I sleep better than I ever have? Will these side effects go away? I can try to control the chattyness, but not the constipation. | After having daily intense itching in one or both upper arms,starting 8 years ago and getting much worse every year, thought to be caused by pinched nerves, this drug helped me after one day. Almost 3 weeks now and I have not had one itch! I was going mad with it before this. I hope the side effects go away though. | F | 55 | 18 days | 10/12/2007 | 1 | Shingles / PHN | Major - Major side effects! I started taking it six weeks ago and thought it was a miracle drug. I'd been living with unpredictable, intense tingling burning pain in face and on my left arm. I had a two bad cases of shingles 10 years ago. My doctor no I were never able to find any kind of pain relief until starting Lyrica. Too good to be true? That's putting it mildly. At first the side effects didn't seem like much. A little movement awkwardness which I'd already been living with due to my neuropathy. But in the past week it got worse...much worse. I would mistep while walking, stumble forward or off to the sides. Even standing still takes concentration and effort because I lose my balance. Last week when this all started getting really bad I decided to stop the medication cold turkey. That lasted two days because the pain immediately returned -- with a vengeance. I decided I couldn't handle the pain again so I resumed taking it. Relief wasn't immediate but eventually I | It's frightening to see how many people have posted here describing some incredibly bad side effects of this drug. Sure, it has provided some relief from really intense pain people are feeling but is it worth taking if your life becomes this negatively impacted? I think they should take it off the market until it can be made safer for the patient. | M | 46 | 36 days | 10/10/2007 | 5 | fibromyalgia | barely any! i'm not drowsy, at night i sleep "like a million bucks", as opposed to the past several years when i was in so much pain sometimes i wouldn't sleep for days. the only side effect: i have gained approx 5 lbs in the past 2 months. i'm unsure if i can attribute that to the drug. | i no longer have to take any pain medication or muscle relaxers [no ultram, soma, tylenol, anything!]. there isn't any amount of money i wouldn't pay for this medication, because it has cured me. i suffered with the debilitating pain of fibro for 10 years, and this is the first and only drug that has worked for me. i also have PTSD and depression, and since i have been taking lyrica and have not been in pain, i've found that my mood and outlook on life has improved. i have hope now. | F | 60 | 45 days | 10/7/2007 | 1 | RSD AND FIBROMYALGIA, | blurred vision, chest pains,neuropathy, insomnia,strange dreams Too sleepy to function, tightness & pain in chest (angina), unable to breathe, frequent painful urination, increased pain in feet and arms,memory lost, unable to hold a pencil or type. | Suggest that noone really take this medicine until they research it completely. Lyrica is not for everyone and should NOT be taken for every reason. The side effect causes more problems to your health than it is worth. Special Note** I am surprised this medication is approved by the FDA and prescribed by MDs. Listen to your own body and NOT LET a doctor convience you that this drug is the best choice for the 21st century. Being alive and hurting is better than being dead and gone. Think about it and God Bless us ALL. | F | 52 | 14 days | 10/7/2007 | 5 | disk degeneration, neuropathy, etc, | Feel very "high", dizzy, sometimes sleepy, loss of acuity at times, weight gain (really don't like that, have weight issues from non movement anyway-maybe I can exercise now that Lyrica has me walking again!). I would recommend a severe warning to patients that the dizziness is pervasive, I almost fell in shower and don't know how this would address broken hip pain! My patient info wasn't strident enough, doctor didn't warn at all, nor did pharmacy, and this exceeds normal dizziness levels with even narcotic pain meds, in my opinion. | Debilitating pain greatly reduced, I can walk better than I have in over a year. Pain from shingles almost gone in an amazingly short period. The side effects put me in a great mood, LOL, are really worth the pain reduction. Started on 75 mg twice a day and recently increased to 100 twice a day, however, I initially found after a few days the side effects were considerably less and am hopeful I will adjust to new dosage as well. Can't say enough about positive effect on my quality of life as far as pain reduction and movement. Am menopausal and sleeping better than I have in a few years. Hope it remains a positive experience/treatment option w/o serious side effects long term. Lyrica gives me some hope towards a future with manageable pain. | F | 48 | 3 weeks | 10/4/2007 | 2 | PHN, Autonomic Neuropathy | Moved up to 150 Mg Yesterday, today is Day 6.. I can't feel my feet and my fingers are just returning to "my control"... I've lived with PHN in my head for 20 years.. Lyrica has triggered nerve pain in some parts of my head.. I am also having trouble speaking, dizziness, etc. | at first it seemed ok.. I don't normally dream and I do on this drug..but the inability to speak.. the Cybershopping *event* that was costly, and the small fire I set in the Kitchen indicate that Lyrica isn't the drug for me. It's a shame as my pain is normally at an 8. It did reduce it a bit, but I never stopped taking the Ultracette. Bottom line ? I don't like feeling or acting stupid and I think that taking a drug 24/7 for my symptoms (urinary retention due to the Autonomic Neuropathy among other things...) is just not worth it... I hope this makes sense.. I have my doubts... | F | 53 | 6 days | 10/4/2007 | 1 | NUEROPATHY | SEVERE HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA,VOMITING LOSS OF BALANCE AND SICK TO MY STOMACH. | A CAUTION TO THOSE PATIENTS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED LYRICA. PRIOR TO TAKING LYRICA READ ALL THE SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS THAT MAY OCCUR WHILE TAKING THIS DANGEROUS PRODUCT.YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK. | F | 49 | 4 days | 10/3/2007 | 5 | Trigeminal nerve pain | One significant side effect for me was that it helped me overcome the sadness that was so prevelent with my depression despite medication for depression which seemed to work otherwise. Lyrica really helped with the sadness and anxiety. I haven't seen any side effects other than feeling a little "Out of it" at times. This has not been enough to hinder me from functioning normally though. | I Take Lyrica 75 mg. 4 times a day, initially prescribed for Trigeminal Nerve Pain in my right jaw. It worked wonderfully, the first medication that actually made the pain go away until it was time to take the next pill. The possitive surprise of the medication was that I found that the constant Sadness and Anxiety, which I felt as part of my Depression, went away with Lyrica. I have since found out that the Statins that I was taking to control my blood lipids in time brought on the Trigeminal Pain, and have now stopped taking the Statins. Within a week of ending the Statins, the pain in the nerve lessened, and now, a month later, I have been able to cut down on the Lyrica to 3 times per day. My jaw pain is gone after suffering with it for 2 years, but I also have De Quervain's tenosynovitis in both my thumbs and wrists, and I find that the Lyrica seems to help that too, besides the positive effect it has on my depression. It has proven to be very helpful for me. Any side effects a | F | 62 | 390 days | 10/2/2007 | 1 | Migraine Headaches | Weight gain, dizziness, vertigo, nausea, loss of sex drive | Have been taking 100mg daily for about three weeks. Have gained 13 lbs and recently have been having trouble with the other side effects. I was taking 150mg of Topamax previously with very few side effects. The only side effect from that medicine that stayed with me was loss of appitite. Side effects that only lasted a short time were numbness and tingling of extremities. I would not recommend Lyrica because of the bad side effects I have experienced. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 10/2/2007 | 3 | frequent migraines/fibromalgia | insomnia/depression | I have only been on this med for one week and realize this is definitely not enough time to make judgments, however it would help to know if any others have experienced depressed thoughts while on this med. Hopefully this is temporary. I can handle the insomnia with other meds, and I am on Cymbalta which may need to be increased by my primary care doc. If any others have experienced the depressed thoughts please let me know along with progression while being on the med longer. | F | 50 | | 9/30/2007 | 3 | Peripheral neuopathy | i started on 75mg and could not wake up the next day and was groggy till 4pm. I stopped and started on 25mg for a week then went to 50mg. The pain decreased in my feet about 90%, but the tingling goes on. It does stop the pain--but now I wake up groggy, am light headed, forgetful and am having upset stomach and now insomnia and crazy dreams. It is 4am and I am up writing this. Tomorrow I go back to 25mg. | F | 68 | 2 months | 9/28/2007 | 1 | Stroke and resulting headaches | Burning sensation all over brain. Dizziness and unable to concentrate. | F | 32 | 1 days | 9/27/2007 | 5 | Degen disc, fibro, depression/anx | Metallic taste in mouth. I was coming off of Cymbalta at same time, so some initial side effects may have been masked by the Cymbalta withdrawals. | 75 mg at bedtime. Has helped the aches and pains of age and extra pounds. Improved sleep patterns. | F | 55 | 45 days | 9/26/2007 | 3 | cervicogenic pain | Low platelet count is the big one. | I am taking 50 mg/day of Lyrica. It helps with neuropathic pain, I sleep much better with it. But I started bruising badly after IV insertions during cervical facet injections and this never happened when I wasn't taking Lyrica. Research showed Lyrica can cause low platelet counts, or thrombocytopenia. It can be very serious. So I have to quit this stuff. I am sorry about that, because it helped the pain. But when all is said and done, opioids have fewer bad side effects and work just as well. Doctors should not push anticonvulsants on people just to cut down on narcotic painkillers. | F | 53 | 90 days | 9/19/2007 |