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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LYRICA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | chronic pain | In the beginning extremely tired, brain fog (almost cost me my job), inablity to retain information (DITTO). Dosage was increased alittle overtime. Have also taken Topomax, neurontin and one other. | Lyrica at first seemed like a miracle drug. I have had cronic pain in my lower back,the backs of my legs to my knees and the bottom of my feet. After the inital 48 hours I felt better than I had in a long time and was thinking I had found a way to manage my pain. Which in turn gave me big hope for the future. Ater being on the drug a little over a week the pain returned. All of the drugs I have taken have had side effects (with minimal effectiveness) that were unacceptable with Lyrice being the least of all evils. Looking for the next "miracle" drug. My heart goes to each of you who understand those of us that deal with this each minute of our lives. You are the bravest! | F | 44 | 1 years | 8/7/2007 | 2 | Degenerative Disk & Fibromyalgia | Painful edema in feet & hands. I Fibrofog already and this makes it worse. Legs feel like jelly. Cannot get the dose up and the pain relief up enough to really warrant ANY side effects. It may also be what caused small bowel and colon inflammation and chronic diarrhea. Stayed off for months, tried again, symptoms returned, so I know this is not for me. | Don't let a doctor continue to push you on this, if you know it is causing any side effects. They think it is the knew miracle cure for fibromyalgia pain. Also, the time I give is for this LAST time that I tried to take it. The first time, I just kept trying to get the dosage up to 300 mg. a day. I probably did this for 9 months before giving up and beginning to have even more side effects such as the bowel and colon problems. I actually had decided that it might have ruined my liver because I had some cysts on my liver, but they have healed now. | F | 48 | 6 weeks | 8/6/2007 | 1 | degenerative disc | I have been on 75mg for 4 days and am quiting! I cant catch my breath, feel sleepy and high, and shakey. if I walk for even a short distance, I feel as though ive been running a marathon! Also while exhaleing, I feel rattleing in my right lung. If anyone has had the lung side affects please feel free to email me and explain whats going on! | Not worth the side affects! Should have been studied longer ... | F | 43 | 4 days | 7/29/2007 | 1 | Peripheral neuropathy | Too sleepy to function, tightness & pain in chest (angina), unable to breathe, frequent painful urination, increased pain in feet, bad edema in legs/feet. | I quit taking the drug due to the heart problems, thought I was going to die, could really do NOTHING due to chest pain, tired & shortness of breath. Since quitting most all side effects have subsided. This is a DANGEROUS drug, I DO NOT recommend it! It gave me no relief for the neuropathy (made it worse). I am back on the Neurontin & it is doing well with no noticeable side effects. | M | 68 | 20 days | 7/28/2007 | 5 | PHN (from shingles) | brain fog! I work in editorial and high tech - both of which are very unforgiving of transposing letters ;) This has been the biggest challenge. I lose track of my thoughts from one minute to the next - not the best scenario for a progammer. lol! | Thank god for Lyrica! I was on neurontin for about 3 months which did very little. I decided to go back to my doc, who sent me to a pain clinic. The doc there put me on Lyrica and I couldn't believe the difference - my pain went from approx 7 down to 2 with the first dose. I can't take it after 6 PM or I have disturbing dreams. Other than that it actually makes me *not* dream, where I used to dream all the time. I have put on about 10 lbs in 6 months. Lyrica munchies resemble pot munchies sometimes - I just eat without thinking. And I crave sweets also. But it is all worth it for the pain relief. I am on 150mg 3x day | F | 55 | 3 months | 7/23/2007 | 4 | FOR MUSCLE PAINS | SLEEPY | F | 65 | 3 days | 7/23/2007 | 2 | cervical spine degeneration & fibro | Vertigo, coppery taste in mouth, swelling of hands, pain in right leg, loss of sensation on skin from thighs up, unable to feel the need to urinate, mild nausea, mild constipation, mild depression, blurry vision, disorientation | Am taking 75mg 2x/day, and this is day 4. I haven't noticed any abatement in pain but have indeed noticed the various side effects which come and go. The most troubling is my lack of response time and judgment which was apparent when I drove my car yesterday. Typing takes a massive amount of concentration. I'm sleeping a bit better but that may be due to cooler nights and thorough exhaustion from just trying to stay upright all day. I usually take 7.5mg Lortab (not daily), 3 Advil, and Soma for symptoms and have had a miserable time trying to find anything that doesn't cause more undesirable side effects than it's worth. | F | 49 | 4 days | 7/14/2007 | 3 | RSD or radiculapathy | I have become extremely anxious once I increased from 150 m.g. daily to 300 m.g. I also take narcotic analgesia for the leg and back pain. | I don't understand why I feel so anxious? | M | 56 | 19 days | 7/13/2007 | 1 | neuralgia | blurred vision, feeling groggy and very tired each morning, and also became very iratable and was starting to gain some weight. | This drug didnt work at all for me, was on Neurontin for a year prior to this and found no side effects whatsoever on it, have stopped taking it after two weeks, for me the side effects are just not worth it. | F | 38 | 14 days | 7/9/2007 | 5 | peripheral neuropathy | Bad - Drowsiness, fuzzy-headedness, weight gain, cracking skin on feet, heel pain. When first taking drug and upping the dose, I had a lot of trouble with the drowsiness and fuzzy-headedness, but now it just happens briefly and I can deal with it if I keep moving. The side effect that bothers me the most is weight gain, so I may try lowering the dose. Good - can take my walks again, general mood is better, less irritable bowel problems, less urination (which for me is EXCELLENT), finally sleeping better because the leg pain has almost gone completely away. | I was having a lot of trouble sleeping at night because of severe leg pain and had had to stop taking my 2-mile walks which was making the pain worse. I'm now taking 100 mg. of Lyrica three times a day and have had great lessening of the leg pain. I had tried several drugs for epilepsy and several of the tri-cyclic anti-depressants and couldn't tolerate the side effects. I'm back to walking again, but haven't gotten back up to 2 miles yet. For me Lyrica is great. | F | 55 | 90 days | 7/7/2007 | 5 | Back Pain - Disc hernia S1&S2 | Weight gain is the main one and a tightening in the chest very rarely. When I started taking this, I couldn't get off the floor and now I can. When I miss a dose, my pain returns in my back and legs. I'm taking 150mg 2x a day. I started with 75mg, but it didn't even make a dent in the pain. I DO NOT want surgery either as other back pain sufferers stated. If there were other effects, I do not know about them. When I started this, I also was on pain killers, anti-inflammatory, and steroids to avoid shots and goodness knows what else. PT does not help with disc contacting nerve pain, only acquatics with arthritis pain. (I was in a car wreck.) | Lyrica so far has been a blessed alternative to Lortabs, as it actually seems to work and Lortabs don't. Hang in there if you have a similar problem- I will say a prayer for you in hopes that you will find relief. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/7/2007 | 3 | Chronic low back pain | Side effects.....The pain did go down and that is great and far out numbers the side effects. But red lights look green. I have almost rear ended a few cars, it does slow down the reaction time, so I'm taking the train from now on. I have sold my car..... | M | 53 | 4 weeks | 7/7/2007 | 1 | fibromyalgia | took 25 mg at night time for pain -- caused extreme INSOMNIA, restlessness, felt like I was going to jump out of my skin, couldn't sit or lay still. although I have difficulty sleeping, these were the worse nights of insomnia I have ever had (felt like I had ADHD and couldn't sit or lay still for more than a few minutes) | I wonder if it really did have significant benefits for FM patients, as the hype is claiming -- because everyone who has commented on this site doesn't seem to think it is worth it! | F | 33 | 4 days | 7/6/2007 | 4 | Pinched nerves; occasional migraine | sleepiness, hair loss, confusion, slight depression | Lyrica has really improved the pain down my legs. I take 300mg a night. I was previously on topamax, and although that was supposed to help with migraines, it gave me one every day, instead of the occasional ones that I get. I haven't had one since being on the Lyrica. Although I have experienced alot of hair loss, and loss of short term memory, and slight depression, I am glad to be rid of the extreme nerve pain. | F | 22 | 3 months | 7/5/2007 | 5 | spinal stenosis | Sleepiness at first but that cleared up in 2 weeks. Constipation-- which was welcome since I have the diarrhea form of irritable bowel syndrome. | Pain definitely improved. Some feeling of well being. | F | 73 | 6 weeks | 7/4/2007 | 1 | neuropathy due to spinal stenosis | Terrible stomach aches and diarrhea; also, leg and ankle edema. | F | 74 | | 7/3/2007 | 5 | back pain | I took Lyrica for back pain; however, a friend advised me that this drug was approved by the FDA for Fibromyalia.The recommended dose was 350 mg to 450 mg.I was in a full blown fibro situation and I was non-functional. In just a few days my fibro was checking up. I am still dealing with a few fibro problem areas in my hands but I was able to spend 3 days out doing shopping and socializing and I would not have been able to do all that I did about 10 days ago. I have a doc appt tomorrow and I can not wait to tell her how I am doing. I think FDA got it right this time.For additional info, check out the fibro web sit. Just type fibromyalia and you will find several sites. The first one gives the info on Lyrica. | F | 51 | | 7/2/2007 | 3 | back pain periperial neuropathy | pressure in temple on one side of head and nausea. | begin at very small dose. Double edged sword. Took away one symptom, added another. I only take when absolutely can't stand the neuropathy. | F | 54 | 2 days | 6/28/2007 | 3 | severe degenerative disc disease | Taking this for degenerative disc disease and facet joint disease complicated by kyphosis and scoliosis.I also have parasthesia. It definately improved the level of pain I felt. On a scale of 1 to 10 my pain went from a 12(not a typing error, I really mean 12) to a 4 and it almost completely eliminated the parasthesia, but I felt very foggy headed/confused, loss of concentration, slurred speech, slight memory loss, light- headed, extreme fatigue/lethargy, blurry vision. I wish I could function on it, because this is the best I've felt in 18 years from a pain standpoint.Have tryed Neurontin in the past and it was worse than the Lyrica, so it's a definite improvement, but I can't tolerate more than 50mg, and it is all I can do to function on that small of a dose. The Doctor wants me on 200mg a day-that's not happening!!!!!! | man I wish I could stay on it!!! | F | 32 | 10 days | 6/25/2007 | 5 | fibromyalgia, restless sleep | none | i have fibromyalgia and because of that, I wake up feeling tired and unrefreshed. I got a few samples from my pain management doctor and the 3 days I took it I woke up fully refreshed and actually worked out to my turbo jam videos. I have noticed that when I skip a dose, it usually takes 3 days of continued use for it to kick in again so don't skip a dose. | F | 32 | 6 months | 6/24/2007 |