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Pregabalin is used to help control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy. This medicine cannot cure epilepsy and will only work to control seizures for as long as you continue to take it .
This medicine is also used to manage a condition called post-herpetic neuralgia (pain after “shingles... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Fibromyalgia | 932 |
66% |
| Chronic Pain | 473 |
58% |
| Reflex Sympathetic Dyst... | 40 |
75% |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 35 |
86% |
| Back Pain | 26 |
77% |
Overall, 66% (1664
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Lyrica Reviews
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Helps with the pain ... I should say "helped" ... it feels like it is wearing out ... 150 mg twice a day.
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This has helped me A LOT! Although it has side effects that I do not appreciate. One being that it causes me to swell in my hands and feet.
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Did not work for me I gained a TON of weight!
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Two pills at night, makes me tired but works
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helps, but not enough
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this brings my moods down to a manageble levl with few if any side effects however when stress levels increase it is not of as much ue thiough it does dull their effect on me more than when I was on nothing
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helping and much better than the methadone I was taking. getting ready to up the mgs to 200 2 times a day
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I tried this but made me retain to much fluid and weight gain, also it's alot like neurontin and that made me so ill I was in bed for almost three months of taking it.
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slightly better than Neurontin. no side effects.
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Took away about 1/2 of the pain, and got me back to work from a 2 months diability.
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Helps with the pain a little but gives me extreme side affects including dizziness vision changes and tiredness.
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small improvement.
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fairly well
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The side effects for me were like having a TIA. Loss balance, falling, speech inappropriate, unable to remember, even some slurred speech. Tried this for 6 weeks, side effects grew worse, not better. Stopped it.
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Didnt like it-made me too sleepy
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I will be honest, WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM GOING TO ADMIT THIS, that stuff is horrid and wicked. My pain doc had me on it and I would take it about 30... [More] -
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Hi Sherry, I tried Lyrica and it didn't work for me. It increased my pain levels, caused me to sleep too much (10-12hrs at a time), and affected my ... [More] -
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I only took lyrica for a while i didn't see it doing anything for me at all but then again i was taking somwhere in the range of 10 different meds at ... [More] -
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I am so sad that this med was approved. lyrica gave me a bad headache, i couldnt take it. however now since its the only fda approved med for fibro my... [More] -
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well, i had to stop the Lyrica. it took all the pain away but i was so depressed and lightheaded that i couldn't function! also, i gained 6 pounds in ... [More]
