• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (drowsiness)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 300 mg Daily

Cost: $50-99 monthly

Side effects: drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  None (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 25 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Took it once and it made my pain ten times worse.

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (memory problems, balance problems)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 300 mg Daily

Side effects: memory problems, balance problems

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (hallucinations)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 75 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Serious Hallucinations

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: hallucinations, hallucinations

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (drowsiness, swelling in lower extremities)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Advice & Tips: the side effects I had was some sleepiness during the day even I took only at bedtime and some swelling of my lower legs, but it was not too bad.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: drowsiness, swelling in lower extremities

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (drowsiness, swelling in lower extremities)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 75 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: drowsiness, swelling in lower extremities

• Effectiveness

  Major (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (drowsiness, swelling in lower extremities)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 75 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: this has helped me to manage my pain and to resume most activities I want to do. But I do have some slight swelling of my lower legs which goes down at night....could be from other reasons.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: drowsiness, swelling in lower extremities

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 400 mg Daily

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 150 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: weight gain

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (swelling in legs, feet and ankles)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 600 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I was taking lyrica for almost 2 yrs. when on Oct. 21,2007 I fell outside my home from our steps and fell almost 2 ft. onto our concrete driveway. Due to this drug, I broke my right arm,shattered my right elbow, and broke my wrist. When I came out of surgery, i was psycotic and thought it was 1974. I had been on other meds for thyroid disease and lasiz, etc. It toook a week in the hospital to bring me back to normal. I suffered very severe side effects in 2007. I will always have limited use of my right arm and have not regained the memories I lost. I just recently had surgery on my right wrist. I now have a metal plate in my elbow and a prosticis in my wrist where i fell. I would not recommend this drug to anyone. I had been on 600 mg. daily and pfizer phar. would not assume any responsibility for this accident. They said my dr. and me should have realized all the severe side effects that this drug could cause. To me, this would be impossible. They said with my other meds., that could have also been a contributing factor. When I went on savella in June of 2009 I have had no side effects from this drug and in fact feel more alert and more responsible for my illness

Side effects: swelling in legs, feet and ankles

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (swelling in lower extremities)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 450 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: There is a noted toleance over time, despite Pfizer's claims that the drug has not shown this development in clinical trials. Fluid retention, urinary hesitation, and weight gain are all common side effects.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: swelling in lower extremities

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (fluid retention weight gain)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 225 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: The Lyrica has not only help some with the Fibromyalgia but also it helps with my arthiritis in my hands when I take it I can open my hands all the way but when I don't take it my hands tend to draw inward and they are hard to open up. The thing about Lyrica that I do not like is the fluid retention and the weight gain, this does cause me concern because of the fluid build up.

Side effects: fluid retention weight gain