256 patient evaluations for Pregabalin

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Feb 22, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (mood swings)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: side effects may pass quickly
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: mood swings
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 22, 2010 (Started Dec 21, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I also wonder if my weight problems stem from this medication. I am concerned about being on a controled substance 24/7.
Cost: $100-199 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 5, 2010 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: For about a year this was the best treatment I have found for my FM. We also found that I had gained 30 pounds within a year and this was 3 months after having our youngest daughter Hana. So, now I am struggling to lose the weight. I would recommend Lyrica to anyone if they are looking for pain relief, but also stress there is a huge side effect of weight gain.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Jan 18, 2010 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (weight gain, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Mar 10, 2009 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Jan 28, 2009 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Jan 25, 2009 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Jan 14, 2009 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Jan 11, 2009 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches

Jan 7, 2009 (Started Dec 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (weight gain, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, headaches
  • 1 helpful mark

Feb 2, 2010 (Started Sep 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, headaches, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, fluid retention weight gain, blurry vision, fatigue, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: slow to wake in morning, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, weight gain, problems concentrating, fatigue, fluid retention weight gain, dizziness, brain fog, blurry vision, brain fog, blurry vision, headaches

Sep 15, 2009 (Started Sep 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, headaches, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, fluid retention weight gain, blurry vision, fatigue, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: slow to wake in morning, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, weight gain, problems concentrating, fatigue, fluid retention weight gain, dizziness, brain fog, blurry vision, brain fog, blurry vision, headaches
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 28, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: don't be afraid to try it. I don't know what I would do with out Lyrica the burning in my legs and the bottom of my feet were so bad when I didn't have Lyrica I never want to go back to those days again.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 16, 2010 (Started Nov 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sluggishness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: As I increase the dosage I am feeling more sluggish. I was taking a lot of Topamax when I started Lyrica and I had to reduce the Topamax because with me the combination made me very slow and sluggish. I don't think I want to go up on this med. any more.
Side effects: sluggishness
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2010 (Started Jul 28, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 28, 2009 (Started Sep 30, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: If you start dropping things, twitching, flailing arms, etc. You are probably on a dose that is too high. Also, I have found that it works better for me if I do not take it several times a day, but take it on the days that I know I have a busy/rough day ahead of me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 12, 2007 (Started May 15, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (dizziness, weight gain, headaches, slow to wake in morning)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: I only take Lyrica when i am very tired and my pain is unbareable , and ihave at least 12 hrs. to sleep and be alert. Lyrica ( and I took it long enough that these side effects should have gotten better, but thry didn't they still make me feel like a vegetable, so i can't take them very often.
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: slow to wake in morning, dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, headaches, headaches
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 16, 2009 (Started Dec 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Since starting Lyrica I have felt better than I have in years. I have energy and am not in constant pain. My only hope is that is continues to have this effect. In the beginning and for the first 2 weeks I did experience some dizziness and lightheadedness but that has since past.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: dizziness, migraine with aura, brain fog
  • 0 helpful marks
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