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Pregabalin Treatment Report

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See patients taking Pregabalin

What is Pregabalin?

Pregabalin is an analgesic and anti-convulsant drug that is used to manage pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, postherpetic (shingles) neuralgia, as an adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizure disorder in adults and for the management of fibromyalgia.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Fibromyalgia	437	145
Pain	76	37
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain)	61	19
Muscle Pain	21	7
Other	19	6
leg pain at all times	16	5
Fatigue	10	3
shoulder/neck PAIN	10	2
Hip pain	6	1
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)	6	2
Sleep problems	4	1
Numbness	2	0
General health	2	0
Seizures	2	1
fibro relapse	1	1
RAYNAUDS /CIRCULATION	1	0
Fibromyalgia & Seizures	1	0
Joint pain, stiffness	1	1
pain management	1	1
Burning pain entire body	1	1
So I can sleep better	1	0
So Ican better able to sleep at night	1	0
burning in feet	1	1
for the pain and nerve control	1	0
Don't know	1	1
disease-related symptoms	1	0
Trigeminal neuralgia	1	0
all of above	1	1
Tonic Spasms & Nerve Pain	1	1
Sleeplessness	1	1
Fibromyalgia nerve pain	1	0

See all 31 reasons taken ▼

See all 610 patients currently taking Pregabalin

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	52	28%
Moderate	53	28%
Mild	47	25%
None	37	20%

Most commonly reported side effects

Weight gain	87	46%
Daytime sleepiness	79	42%
Brain fog	76	40%
Dizziness	74	39%
lack of concentration	70	37%
tiredness	57	30%
Slow to wake in morning	57	30%
Increased fatigue	52	28%
Blurred Vision	50	26%
Headaches	29	15%
feel spaced out	7	4%
Increased appetite	2	1%
Constipation	2	1%
Dry mouth (xerostomia)	2	1%
high feeling	2	1%
Balance problems	1	1%
WATER RETENTION in hands & feet	1	1%
could not see	1	1%
swelling hands and ankles	1	1%
Depression	1	1%
extreme insomnia	1	1%
Hangover effect	1	1%
hallucinations	1	1%
Rash (Face)	1	1%
hand shaky	1	1%
Swelling Generalized	1	1%
Depression with suicidal thoughts	1	1%
constant extreme anger	1	1%
Slurred speech	1	1%
dry mouth/throat	1	1%
swelling feet,hands,tongue,legs	1	1%
Shortness of breath	1	1%
bladder retention	1	1%
Urinary incontinence	1	1%
Mood swings	1	1%
Irritability	1	1%
manic feeling	1	1%
swelling of feet and hands	1	1%
Swelling right foot	1	1%
severe itching	1	1%
Rash	1	1%
Visual Disturbanc; blurriness	1	1%
heavy sweating	1	1%
swollen ankles	1	1%
Groggy in morning	1	1%
tingling hands	1	1%
constant nausea	1	1%
Memory loss (short term)	1	1%
Swollen legs, feet, hands, fingers, wrists	1	1%
loss of motor function	1	1%
Anxiety	1	1%
memory lapse	1	1%
Anxiety and fear	1	1%
electric shock pain in hands	1	1%
made me feel severely intoxicated	1	1%
edema in hands and feet	1	1%
swelling ankles & feet	1	1%
Vertigo	1	1%
Sex drive (libido) decreased	1	1%
stumbling over words	1	1%
poor sleep	1	1%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 61 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Pregabalin. See all 29 dosages ►

100 mg all the time (24/7)	100 mg as needed	100mg as needed	150 mg as needed	25mg as needed	3 50mg as needed	50 mg all the time (24/7)	50mg as needed	75 mg all the time (24/7)	75mg as needed	25 mg daily	1000 mg monthly	50 mg daily	75 mg daily	100 mg daily	100 mg one time	150 mg daily	200 mg daily	225 mg daily	250 mg daily	300 mg daily	350 mg daily	375 mg daily	400 mg daily	450 mg daily	500 mg daily	550 mg daily	600 mg daily	900 mg daily
4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	20	1	49	43	53	1	133	35	44	3	141	1	2	15	54	1	1	32	3

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pregabalin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	89	59%
Did not seem to work	45	30%
Expense	18	12%
Doctor's advice	16	11%
Other	12	8%
Personal research	6	4%
Course of treatment ended	1	1%
Not indicated	1	1%

See all 134 patients who’ve stopped taking Pregabalin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pregabalin

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
8	37	68	122	128	85

Stopped Taking Pregabalin

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
36	37	29	18	12	3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	151	80%
Usually	26	14%
Sometimes	4	2%
Never	8	4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	36	19%
Somewhat	28	15%
A little	40	21%
Not at all	85	45%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	4	2%
$100-199	11	6%
$50-99	29	15%
$25-49	40	21%
< $25	47	25%

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Patient Evaluations

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itsnotmummy

Sex: F

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Little

Stiffness: All

function: Little

external_stress: Some

Stickman: most

Description:F50y

FM:6y Dx

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itsnotmummy

200 mg daily

since Feb 16, 2009
Efficacy Can't tell for Fibromyalgia
Side Effects Moderate
Advice/Tips i am weening myself off of these to see if it is really any help See full evaluation

andi114

Sex: F

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Most

Stiffness: Little

function: Some

external_stress: Most

Stickman: most

Description:F44y

FM:1y Dx

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andi114

450 mg daily

since Feb 22, 2009
Efficacy Major for Fibromyalgia
Side Effects Moderate
Advice/Tips i am so happy with this drug and it's pain relief. See full evaluation

Brensui

Sex: F

Pain: All

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: Most

Stickman: all

Description:F41y

FM:2y Dx

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Brensui

150 mg daily

since Dec 09, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Fibromyalgia
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips Start out at a low dose and work your way up. Try to stay on the lowest dose possible that will help control your pain. If you need to use during the day, us... See full evaluation