Lyrica Reactions And Dosages

[bren22]

I have heard so many negative things about Lyrica that I have always refused to take it. My PCP is against it. However, I have a neurologist who is a sleep specialist and he is pushing for me to change my mind. I tried gabapentin (a related drug - generic lyrica) and it kept me awake rather than helping me sleep. The neurologist says that reports of negative effects for Lyrica happened when the drug first came out and the only dosage available was 75 mg. He wants me to take 25mg. What dosages that people been taking and what effects, good and bad, have you experienced? My PCP is out of the country for 2 months so I am on my own. The only other alternative that the neurologist is zopiclone but you can't take it everyday. It also doesn't seem to be working very well.

[poppetkazutaka]

I don't remember my dose, but it was last year around the time the commercials were first coming out.

Take this with a grain of salt. This is my story:

For me Lyrica is bad news. It made me feel like I was on a drug trip. Worse than Hydrocodone, I was grinning like an idiot, staring at walls, and running into things. It was not a mild buzz. I was also swelling up in my face and extremities with water. I gained ten pounds in the first week, and when I looked in the mirror and saw how big my face was, that's when I called the doctor and said, "Absolutely not. I am not taking another pill, and you lied to me."

Because I told him I heard about those side effects and he said, "No, there are no side effects like that."

If you look it up online the NUMBER ONE side effect is "weight gain of at least ten to twenty pounds in the first three months of treatment", and then I found there was a possible "steady weight gain of three or more pounds per month after that". There were people talking about stopping the Lyrica who lost over fifty pounds and who also developed tremors or numbness from withdrawals that never go away.

It's not worth it to me.

[kayjay]

Lyrica has really helped me with my pain and with my headaches. I also feel like I have a little more energy (maybe because the pain is gone). It has made me hungry but I am on other meds that make you gain weight. I haven't gained weight on lyrica really but I have gained weight since I stated taking meds... beta blocker, lexapro.

It takes a long time to really know it is working. All of a sudden I realized that I almost never have a head ache any more!

Oh 50 mg 3x's a day