256 patient evaluations for Pregabalin

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May 3, 2010 (Started Feb 25, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (mental confusion)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Side effects: mental confusion
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2009 (Started Feb 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It helped me to sleep. It caused weight gain :-( It is to expensive, I am supose to take 150mg twice a day now I tried it for a while.....I felt better, but the cost caused me to drop it down to 150mg at bedtime. My co pay it cost $95.00 a month (30 days supply)
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 1, 2009 (Started Feb 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: I stopped taking the pills because I gained too much weight, which is one of the possible side effects. To me it wasnt worth it.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain

Oct 1, 2009 (Started Feb 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I gained too much weight.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 30, 2009 (Started Apr 04, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 225 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: IT DOES HELP WITH THE PAIN... BUT THE WEIGHT GAIN AND drowsiness and i have started swelling up water..retention.
Cost: $200+ monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 11, 2010 (Started Apr 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Lyrica has caused marked drowsiness for me in the mornings. I take 75mg at night and upon waking in the morning do not want to get out of bed from extreme tiredness despite a full night sleep - or more

Apr 2, 2010 (Started Apr 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
  • 1 helpful mark

Mar 15, 2010 (Started Nov 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: it caused a tremendous weight gain/increased appetite and really didn't help my pain at all. After being on it for four months, I gained 25 pounds.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: weight gain

Mar 8, 2010 (Started Nov 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Being already overweight, I have gained about 15 pounds since beginning treatment. This is very upsetting to me, as well as counter-productive as I know extra weight can make the pain of Fibro worse. I actually plan on weaning off of it.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: weight gain
  • 1 helpful mark

Mar 23, 2010 (Started Jun 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 8, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (tongue swelling, swelling of lips)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Side effects: tongue swelling, swelling of lips

Apr 18, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Side effects: tongue swelling, swelling of lips
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 25, 2010 (Started Feb 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg One time
Advice & Tips: For me it was working quite well for the fibromyalgia, but huge weight gains and feeling dizzy and spaced out all of the time made me stop taking it.
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 23, 2010 (Started Mar 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Nov 9, 2009 (Started Mar 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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