256 patient evaluations for Pregabalin

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Dec 25, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Unable to function)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have not had a seizure since I started taking Lyrica to prevent seizures.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 13, 2010 (Started Aug 18, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 20, 2010 (Started Jul 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (blurry vision, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 225 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Need to get used to drowsiness and "weird" feelings.It gets better.
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: drowsiness, blurry vision
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 21, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Feb 27, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Lyrica is also very useful for short term treatment of Panic Attacks. It works just as good as most benzo's, but looses its efficacy quickly over time (just like benzo's). Withdrawal symptoms can develop after long term use (over 8 months) when stopping abruptly, but they are not near as bad as benzo withdrawals, but still pretty bad. Works alright for my fibromyalgia, but seems to stop working after a period of months and i have to increase the dose.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 21, 2010 (Started Nov 10, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for nerve damage)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (drowsiness, sickness, unsteadiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have only just started taking this medication and at the moment I am having alot of side affects. I am finding that this medication is making me feel very drowsy, I am also finding that I am dropping things alot, finding that I am unsteady on my feet and it is making me feel sea sickness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sickness, unsteadiness, drowsiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 18, 2009 (Started Feb 18, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: when they started me on Lyrica it didn't do so well, but when they increased my dosage I started feeling some.. ever now and then, i have a flare up, i have to get warm and wait for awhile till the pain goes away.. I can't be in or out in coldness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 1, 2010 (Started Aug 07, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 19, 2010 (Started Mar 22, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 21, 2010 (Started Jun 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (brain fog, walking problems)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: After I got past the side effects (approx. 3 1/2 weeks), I felt great. Slept well, good energy level. I wasn't warned about the possible weight gain and I am on blood pressure medicine - I gained 10 lbs. I could eat and eat and eat and never feel full. I was mountain bike riding and other activities, but still I gained weight. Finally, the medicine just stopped working. I got discouraged and stopped taking it abruptly - bad idea! Withdrawl symptoms were not pleasant.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: walking problems, brain fog
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 18, 2010 (Started Aug 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: insomnia
  • 0 helpful marks
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