LYRICA Reviews (PREGABALIN)

Average Rating: 2.6 (1463 Ratings)

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LYRICA  (PREGABALIN):  This medication is used to treat pain caused by nerve damage due to diabetes, shingles (herpes zoster) infection, or spinal cord injury. This medication is also used to treat pain in people with fibromyalgia. It is also used with other medications to treat certain types of seizures (focal seizures).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Lower back fusion surgery I'm no longer taking this medication. F 39
75mg 1X day
3/12/2024
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 2  Neuropathy Compulsive gambling, tinnitus, nightmares, blurred vision, dry mouth and eyes, zombie like feeling, depression angry thinking...and more. Helps some with neuropathy but at what cost. This is not living.... M 0 days
50mg 1X day
9/12/2023
 1  Post surgical nerve pain Vile addictive drug. Gained 50lbs. I was 130 going in, so 50 was alot. Expensive. $1200 a month without insurance. Have to taper down to prevent potential seizures. Addictive. 4 months of flu-like withdrawal symptoms each time I tapered down. Vomitting, shakes, sweats. Really great. Didn't help the pain as well as targeted nerve blocks that don't have horrific symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms worse than opioid withdrawal. Cognitive deficits while on it. Couldn't hold a fluent conversation. Knew what I wanted to say, couldn't form the words. Made massive mistakes at work. Appeared drunk at meetings not able to communicate fluently. Really "special" stuff being pushed here. F 46 4 months
150mg 1X day
7/19/2023
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 1  Anxiety, Panic Attacks brain bog, feeling intellectually impaired, forgetting words, extreme fatigue, lethargy, indecisiveness and no plan for life (absolutely out of character for me), feeling often dizzy and nauseous , very weird and vivid dreams (least concerning side effect of all). I am far from being totally dismissive towards this drug. I do believe that it can be helpful. In fact, my panic attacks became less frequent and my anxiety was somewhat manageable. But there is a big BUT: I felt that this drug numbed me down so much, that I did not react to situations that gave me anxiety (which was the goal in a way), but at the same time numbed me down in any other area connected to my mind and my ablility for intellectual processing. I am a PhD students and I could not work on my thesis, because I couldnīt use my intellectual capacities as before. I also was not able to deal with my psychological issues in a proper way, because I was so numb. Psychotherapy had no effect on me. The best way I could describe the two years on this drug is as if I was driving a car with blurry windows. I felt as if I could go straight forward, because I kind of have an idea of the road ahead, but there is no conscious decision possible because I am not fully aware of anything. Maybe I am an extreme example, and other people have different experiences. But I want to share my experience because I hope it will help medical practitioners to prescribe this drug in a more cautious manner. I feel, that while taking this drug, I should have been informed about possible cognitive impairments and difficulties with completing tasks that need a full functioning mind. F 2 years
300 1X day
7/12/2023
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 1  nerve compression pain On the third morning, I woke up with TINNITUS. I immediately stopped taking it, but it's been seven months now. I think it's permanent, and it's hell. F 52 3 days
25 mg 1X day
5/4/2023
 1  Occipital neuralgia Like many others have said, legs feel like are on fire. Headaches, weight gain, blurred vision, constipation, irapid heartbeat, swelling on feet. Man the list goes on and on! Stopped taking this crap 1 week ago. Withdrawal is bad but I'm sticking to my guns. This poison is not worth trying, for anyone who is reading in this forum, trust me you don't want to take this nightmare of a drug. If I can save just 1 of you the burden of getting caught up on this shit, then my time hasn't been for a loss. Seems all nerve medications are just terrible period.............. M 50 0 months
100 MG 3 t 3X day
4/7/2023
 1  Nerve pain Bad balance, blurred vision, weight gain, confusion Tapered off over one year after six failed attempts. Now have tardive dyskinesia, which appeared after year 4 of taking it, but I didn't realise it was Lyrica that caused it for so long. F 75 7 years
300mg 2X day
3/6/2023
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 1  Spinal fracture, severe sciatica Insomnia, brain fog, forgetting words, dizziness, feeling easily angered (definitely not my usual self), suicidal thoughts, loss of appetite, constant fatigue, intense skin itch. Staged withdrawal slowly over many weeks has been horrible due to ongoing chronic insomnia. Always been a good 8 hour sleeper and now lucky to get 4 hours broken sleep each night. I will NEVER take this medication again. F 70 5 months
75mg 1X day
2/12/2023
 1  Sciatica and shoulder girdle pain Brain fog, disassociation, low mood, hair loss, dry mouth, weight gain, elevated blood sugar, swollen hands and ankles, drowsiness, insomnia, blurred vision, dry eyes, tinnitus, dry skin on legs, Achilles tendon issues, weird feelings in body, itchy tingly skin, dental issues, upset stomach, weak nails, pain in hands and feet, visual disturbances, sinusitis, lack of concentration and motivation, itching, sore tongue Have been tapering off for 3 years using water titration as can control and come off very slowly as had issues with normal tapering. Helped briefly. F 61 5 days
75mg and 1 2X day
1/9/2023
 2  restless leg, neuropathy Ridiculous weight gain This drug has helped my restless leg and neuropathy to some extent BUT I have gained 10 lbs in less than 2 weeks. This is unacceptable. I will be titrating off this drug and continue the search for something different to help F 69 2 weeks
25 2X day
1/7/2023
 4  Nerve pain Weight gain, worsened depression, scatter-brained Since taking Lyrica I haven't had any shooting sciatic pains! Doesn't do anything for muscle or joint pain, but is worth taking if you struggle with jolting nerve issues F 27 6 months
300 2X day
12/17/2022
 4  Pain fibromyalgia, nerve impingemen Sleepiness more often. It helps amazingly with opioid withdrawal. It helps nerve pain immensely. I honestly just use it as needed rather than taking on schedule around the clock, that seems to do the trick. Doesn't help with musculoskeletal pain though,only nerve pain. M 43 2 years
200mg 2X day
12/16/2022
 2  Sciatica, restless leg, back pain Really has done nothing for my pain; restless leg same. But have noticed headaches starting at night and alarming memory loss. Am going to stop before things get worse. F 72 21 days
25 1X day
11/18/2022
 1  Fibromyalgia herniated disc Forgetting words. Blurred vision. Zero concentration. Huge weight gain. Swollen ankles and legs Helped at the beginning and helped me sleep at 25mg then increased to 50mg then 75mg each time effects wore off. At beginning of 75mg ankles and feet become swollen and painful . Quitting this drug F 68 6 days
75 2X day
11/13/2022
 1  Occipital neuralgia Loss of words, skin feels like it's burning, like a sunburn. Vision problems, headaches, shakiness. Like all others have said, this drug is poison! My father took this for many years, now he has dementia. Anyone that says it worked well and had no side effects is lying! My advice to anyone considering trying this poison don't, you will surely regret it! I have been off this crap for 3 weeks, and I still feel the withdrawals. Best thing anyone can do is avoid this crap, and if you are taking it, get off it!!! M 49 0 months
100 MG 3X day
9/19/2022
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 1  Fibromyalgia, nerve pain When you first start taking Lyrica it does help but it wears off. I believe it helps because if it is the side effects of taking the drug that helps eventually it stops working all together and then you're stuck with this long miserable agonizing withdrawal of reducing the dose gradually and being in torment. Mental and physical torment. You're actually worse than you ever started out being. Some of you out there will be tempted to try it and I'm just saying I swear to you it's a terrible drug. F 61 2 days
600 mg 3X day
9/11/2022
 3  Neuropathic pain & fibromyalgia Thanks to Lyrica I am on my feet since a year and I do not feel excruciating pain in the head. However, I have become a very aggressive person, almost dangerous to my family. I have anger attacks that come out of nowhere and then either I need to explode (usually by fighting with husband and breaking glasses) either to implode (this causes severe derpession and lots of tears). Severe loss of concentration. When in 600mg I had difficulties to articulate (got humiliated in front of people on a dining table) and I went down to 400 mg. Loss of memory. Mood problems. Sadness, feeling of hate, wanting to hurt other people. When in an anger attack I recognize it and I scream for help but there is nobody there to retain me and calm me down. I am quite alone in all this. Hope anger does not persist. Going to cut it soon. F 34 13 months
400 2X day
8/13/2022
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 1  Occipital neuralgia Headache, migraine, weight gain. Problems keeping my balance, vision Problems. Worse of all, my skin feels like it's on fire! The withdrawal from this drug is terrible, I had an easier time getting off pain killers! How any health care professional could prescribe this poison is beyond words. If you are looking at this forum, and considering taking this you had better think twice. 49 0 months
100 MG 3X day
8/6/2022
 3  Herniated disc sciatica nerve issue Dizziness, fatigue, blurred or double vision, weight gain, constipation, unbalanced Not really working for never pain but too scared to up my dose F 46 3 months
25mg 2X day
5/9/2022
 1  Anxiety Burning of skin negative thoughts double or triple vision anxiety and panic weight loss muscle jerking blackouts insomnia constant nausea Should be illegal M 33 0 months
200 2X day
5/3/2022
  

LYRICA  (PREGABALIN):  This medication is used to treat pain caused by nerve damage due to diabetes, shingles (herpes zoster) infection, or spinal cord injury. This medication is also used to treat pain in people with fibromyalgia. It is also used with other medications to treat certain types of seizures (focal seizures).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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