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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Fibromyalgia	2822	903
Pain	661	200
Nerve pain (neuralgia)	403	137
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	346	63
Numbness and Tingling with Pins and Needles	96	33
Other	93	18

See all 211 reasons taken ▼

See all 3153 patients currently taking Pregabalin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	401
Moderate	384
Mild	286
None	252

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pregabalin

See all 435 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲
Weight gain	309	309
Dizziness	143	143
Brain fog	134	134
Blurry vision	110	110
Daytime sleepiness	107	107
Lack of concentration	94	94
Tiredness	89	89
Increased fatigue	77	77
Slow to wake in morning	77	77
Headaches	54	54
Dry mouth (xerostomia)	30	30
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles	30	30
Drowsiness	28	28
Fatigue	25	25
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)	23	23
Memory problems	23	23
Nausea	23	23
Swelling in hands	18	18
Hospitalization	16	16
Constipation	13	13
Edema (fluid retention)	13	13
Swelling in feet	12	12
Problems concentrating	10	10
Balance problems	9	9
Depressed mood	9	9
Anxious mood	9	9
Spaced out	9	9
Dizziness (vertigo)	9	9
Dry throat	8	8
Lightheadedness	8	8
Sleepiness	8	8
Fluid retention weight gain	8	8
Rapid weight gain	7	7
Migraine headaches	7	7
Swelling in ankles	7	7
High feeling	7	7
Dizziness and feeling faint	7	7
Drunk feeling	6	6
Insomnia	6	6
Hallucinations	6	6
Vertigo	6	6
Rashes (redness, swelling)	6	6
Increased appetite	6	6
Irritability	6	6
Edema in lower extremities	5	5
Sweating excessive	5	5
Depression with suicidal thoughts	5	5
Memory and cognition problems	5	5
Suicidal thoughts or urges	5	5
Stomach pain	5	5
Muscle spasms	5	5
Abdominal bloating	4	4
Slurred speech	4	4
Itching (pruritus)	4	4
Sexual dysfunction	4	4
Mood swings	4	4
Memory lapses (brain blinks)	4	4
Diarrhea	4	4
Cognitive Confusion	4	4
Muscle twitching (fasciculations)	4	4
Loss of short term memory	4	4
Facial swelling	4	4
Groggy in morning	4	4
Pain in legs	4	4
Forgetfulness	4	4
Spinning dizziness (vertigo)	4	4
dizziness like jet lag, vagueness in my head with increasing intensity.	4	4
Water retention	4	4
Swelling in legs	4	4
Increased Hunger	3	3
Heart palpitations	3	3
Loss of balance	3	3
Sex drive (libido) decreased	3	3
Feel dopey	3	3
Mood changes	3	3
Nausea and vomiting	3	3
Poor Concentration	3	3
Drowsy in a.m.	3	3
Visual disturbance	3	3
Excessive thirst (polydipsia)	3	3
Swelling Generalized	3	3
weight gain,swelling in spinal area ,hands and feet	3	3
Tremor	3	3
Hair loss	3	3
Craving carbs	3	3
Vision difficulty	3	3
Off Balance	3	3
Dizziness with nausea	3	3
Hands Tingling	3	3
Exhaustion	3	3
Dry eyes	3	3
Allergic reaction	3	3
Walking problems	3	3
Craving sweets sugar	3	3
Pressure headaches	3	3
Shortness of breath (dyspnea)	3	3
Shakiness	3	3
Hot flashes	3	3
Dizzy spells	3	3
Sedation	3	3
Chills/fever	3	3
Cramps in legs	3	3
Double vision (diplopia)	3	3
Anxiety and frustration	2	2
Anxiety attacks	2	2
Daytime tiredness	2	2
Pain in back of head	2	2
Excessive sleeping (hypersomnia)	2	2
Edema in hands	2	2
Sleep problems	2	2
Hard to get out of bed	2	2
Urinary retention	2	2
Bump into things-walk like a drunk	2	2
Gas	2	2
Abdominal cramps	2	2
In the beginning more so a off balance,drunk feeling,if awoke during the night and had to get up.	2	2
Lightheadedness from upper back into head	2	2
Numbness in tongue	2	2
Nerve pain (neuralgia)	2	2
Intermittent swelling of hands	2	2
Cognitive impairment	2	2
Vision loss	2	2
Memory Loss	2	2
Drunk feeling when I increase dosage	2	2
Difficulty thinking	2	2
Clumsiness	2	2
Hearing problems	2	2
Imbalance when walking	2	2
Breathing difficulty	2	2
Muscle and joint pain	2	2
Emotional numbness or flatness	2	2
Tongue Tingling	2	2
Light sensitivity (photophobia)	2	2
Tremor in hands	2	2
Restless feeling in legs	2	2
sleepy-loopy	2	2
Mania	2	2
Numbness in hands	2	2
Major Depressive Disorder	2	2
Racing heart feeling	2	2
Swollen tongue	2	2
Word finding difficulty	2	2
Heart rate increased	2	2
Edema in feet	2	2
Mentally dull	2	2
Pain	2	2
Numbness	2	2
Paresthesia	2	2
Numbness and Tingling with Pins and Needles	2	2
Jerky movements of hands	2	2
Excessive dry mouth	2	2
Dry skin	2	2
Primary Insomnia	2	2
Elevated blood pressure	2	2
Unrefreshing or poor sleep	2	2
Dryness	2	2
Decreased appetite	2	2
Mental confusion	2	2
Speech problems	2	2
Auditory hallucinations	2	2
Reactive Depression	2	2
Vomiting	2	2
Pain and swelling on top of feet and toes	2	2
Hives (urticaria)	2	2
Tired eyes	2	2
Skin rash	2	2
Fibro fog	2	2
Slowed thinking and comprehension	2	2
Difficulty urinating (dysuria)	2	2
Swelling in fingers	2	2
Fuzzy thinking	2	2
Feeling intoxicated	2	2
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	2	2
Flu like symptoms	2	2
Feeling of disconnection	2	2
Withdrawal effects	2	2
Weakness in legs	2	2
Numbness in legs	2	2
Nausea sometimes	2	2
Constant brain fog	2	2
Vision Abnormalities (Halos/Floaters/Snow)	2	2
Stomach upset	2	2
Mean, Rude, Crazy, and Stubborn	2	2
got lost while driving	1	1
Withdrawal effects with missed dose	1	1
Auditory Processing Deficit	1	1
Vitamin D deficiency	1	1
GI problems	1	1
magnified symptoms	1	1
Sluggishness	1	1
Chronic Idiopathic Back Pain	1	1
Feeling out of it	1	1
Seizures (absence or petit mal)	1	1
Aggression	1	1
Irregular menstrual periods	1	1
Hostility	1	1
Feeling sick	1	1
Math Skills	1	1
Balance worsened	1	1
Calming	1	1
mild to moderate	1	1
Unsteadiness	1	1
Weird or strange dreams	1	1
Morning sleepiness	1	1
It made me lethargic (before I started the provigil)	1	1
Nosebleed(s)	1	1
Difficulty speaking (dysarthria)	1	1
Loss of focus	1	1
Dizziness upon moving	1	1
Numbness in lower extremities	1	1
Loopy feeling	1	1
Suicidal thoughts (emotionally backed)	1	1
Suicidal thoughts (free floating)	1	1
Jerky movements of arms	1	1
Gagging (throat spasm)	1	1
Intermittent urinary incontinence	1	1
doesnt help anything	1	1
Ringing in ears (tinnitus)	1	1
Skin Sensitivity	1	1
Swelling of throat and neck	1	1
Neurological Symptoms	1	1
Swelling of right foot	1	1
Water retention in hands and feet	1	1
Complete exhaustion	1	1
INCREASE ABDOMINAL GIRTH	1	1
Depression with anxiety	1	1
Sleep attacks (daytime)	1	1
Constant hunger	1	1
hard stools, gas	1	1
Zombification	1	1
suffocation	1	1
Body jerks	1	1
It feels like I'm wearing heavy socks and not wearing any.	1	1
Stumbling over words	1	1
Numbness in arms	1	1
Catastrophic thinking	1	1
Bradycardia	1	1
Loss of motor function	1	1
Serotonin syndrome	1	1
Worsening depression	1	1
repeating myself without realizing it in a converation	1	1
Swelling in lower legs	1	1
Nerve pain in arm	1	1
Increased or worsened depression	1	1
Generalized muscle aches	1	1
Bone Pain	1	1
Swollen lips	1	1
Constant extreme anger	1	1
Myoclonic jerking	1	1
Increase in widespread pain	1	1
Rash on face	1	1
Problems with focusing eyes	1	1
Occasional euphoria	1	1
Eye pressure	1	1
Listlessness	1	1
Mental fatigue or exhaustion	1	1
Frankenstein-like walk	1	1
Nighttime headache	1	1
Blisters	1	1
Fingers Tingling	1	1
Pitting edema	1	1
Migraine with aura	1	1
Large fluid filled blisters on face	1	1
Feel like a zombie	1	1
Falls with injury	1	1
Arms Tingling	1	1
Dizziness with disorientation	1	1
itching arms and all over upper torso	1	1
Suicide attempt	1	1
Legs Tingling worse when walking	1	1
Stupidity or "stupids" effect	1	1
Swollen feet	1	1
Heavy sensation in head	1	1
Pain in back of neck and shoulders	1	1
Extreme flu like malaise	1	1
Headaches with eye discomfort	1	1
always groggy, little energy. coordination problems, swolllen sore hands, very often disorientated, forgetful. dizzy	1	1
Bitter taste	1	1
Bladder irregularity	1	1
Occasional constipation	1	1
Chronic constipation	1	1
Fluid retention in lower extremities	1	1
Fears of cracking up or going crazy	1	1
drop foot and cramping/clubbing	1	1
Feeling better	1	1
Headaches which last for 5 days at a time	1	1
not getting asleep until 5am in the morning	1	1
Tired legs	1	1
Body Hair Loss	1	1
Altered state of consciousness	1	1
sore top of foot for 3 days having trouble walking	1	1
Swelling of the mouth	1	1
Swelling in the abdominal region	1	1
Head feels disconnected from rest of body	1	1
Increased pain	1	1
Bed wetting	1	1
Swelling in wrists	1	1
Stoned feeling	1	1
Blood Pressure Increased With Severe Pain	1	1
Feeling strange	1	1
Jerky movements of feet	1	1
Constant vomiting	1	1
Loss of bladder control	1	1
Pain in upper chest	1	1
Trouble holding things in left hand	1	1
Hangover effect in morning	1	1
Elevated CPK enzymes	1	1
Aching throbbing body	1	1
Inability to move	1	1
Tightness in throat and neck area	1	1
Weakness in thigh muscles	1	1
Feeling bad	1	1
Feeling out of body	1	1
Emotional lability	1	1
Loss of spatial awareness on right side	1	1
Rash or skin problems	1	1
Night sweats	1	1
Feeling of lump in throat	1	1
Eye pain	1	1
Deteriorating mental ability (dementia)	1	1
Difficulty sleeping through night	1	1
Fluid retention under the eyes	1	1
Burning sensation in soles of feet	1	1
Loss of sense of taste	1	1
Mouth sores (ulcers)	1	1
UTI symptoms	1	1
Vivid dreams	1	1
Pins and needles	1	1
Tightness in hands	1	1
Increased sensitivity sole of foot	1	1
Numbness in feet	1	1
Numbness in face	1	1
Shaky hands	1	1
Myoclonus	1	1
Elevated liver enzymes	1	1
Fasciculations in arms (twitching)	1	1
Muscle weakness	1	1
Aching burning throbbing body pain	1	1
Numbness in lips	1	1
Kidney Failure	1	1
Panic attacks	1	1
Night cramps in legs and feet	1	1
Suicidal	1	1
RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome)	1	1
Lethargy	1	1
Impulsive behaviors	1	1
Binge eating episodes	1	1
Tremor in legs	1	1
Neurological fatigue	1	1
Inability to concentrate	1	1
Lack of motivation	1	1
Feet Tingling	1	1
Peripheral edema	1	1
Eye Twitching	1	1
Stiffness	1	1
Spasms in jaw	1	1
Difficulty falling asleep	1	1
Muscle fatigue	1	1
Lips Tingling	1	1
Amnesia	1	1
Stumbling	1	1
Acne breakout	1	1
Confusion	1	1
Muscle cramps	1	1
Short term memory problems	1	1
Motion sickness	1	1
Tremulousness	1	1
Dizziness with hypotension upon standing	1	1
Incontinence	1	1
Obesity	1	1
Personality changes due to medication	1	1
Tachycardia (fast heart rate)	1	1
Fainting	1	1
Dreams exhausting	1	1
An overall crappy feeling all the time	1	1
Weight loss	1	1
Psychotic symptoms (anxiety depression fear)	1	1
Dehydration	1	1
Pessimism or negative attitude	1	1
Pain in hands	1	1
Difficulty with orgasm	1	1
Disoriented sense of time	1	1
Poor working memory	1	1
Feelings of isolation	1	1
Temperature dysregulation	1	1
Neck movement dizziness (Cervicogenic dizziness)	1	1
Throat tightening	1	1
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia)	1	1
Somnolence	1	1
Hangover effect	1	1
Jittery feeling	1	1
Chills	1	1
Erectile Dysfunction	1	1
Mood elevated or improved	1	1
Ataxia (lack of coordination)	1	1
Appetite change	1	1
Loss of sex drive (libido)	1	1
Head pressure	1	1
Dropping things	1	1
Laziness	1	1
Sickness	1	1
Moodiness	1	1
Daytime sedation	1	1
Crying spells	1	1
Paresthesia in lower extremeties	1	1
Unsteady gait	1	1
Kidney stone	1	1
Edema of extremities	1	1
Coordination problems with use	1	1
slowed reaction time	1	1
Slowed thinking	1	1
Stiffness in neck	1	1
Urinary problems	1	1
Personality change	1	1
Dry hair	1	1
Druggy buzz	1	1
Acid reflux	1	1
Abnormal thoughts	1	1
Awkward taste in food	1	1
Allergies	1	1
Jerky movements (dyskinesia)	1	1
Irrational behavior	1	1
Loss of appetite	1	1
Vaginal dryness	1	1
Slowness	1	1
Bowel problems	1	1
Bladder problems	1	1
Blood pressure raised dangerously high	1	1
Numbness in fingers	1	1
Bloating	1	1
Stabbing pain	1	1
Dry mouth at night	1	1
Low blood pressure	1	1
Problems with coordination	1	1
Dry Eye Syndrome	1	1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Pregabalin. See all 78 dosages ►

50 mg daily	75 mg daily	100 mg daily	150 mg daily	200 mg daily	225 mg daily	300 mg daily	400 mg daily	450 mg daily	600 mg daily
243	257	263	703	217	179	696	104	252	182

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pregabalin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	1041
Did not seem to work	719
Doctor's advice	234
Expense	226
Other	159
Change in health plan coverage	63
Personal research	60
Course of treatment ended	36
Not indicated	30

See all 1719 patients who’ve stopped taking Pregabalin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼ Reported Duration Hide details ▲

Currently Taking Pregabalin

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
18	48	77	118	167	544

Stopped Taking Pregabalin

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
333	380	256	309	210	165

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pregabalin

Always	1039	79%
Usually	172	13%
Sometimes	37	3%
Never	75	6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pregabalin

Very	123	9%
Somewhat	171	13%
A little	192	15%
Not at all	837	63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pregabalin

$200+	23	3%
$100-199	78	9%
$50-99	167	19%
$25-49	251	28%
< $25	362	41%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 1323 patient evaluations

Brensui

Sex: F

Pain: All

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: Most

Stickman: all
Description:F44y
FM:4y Dx
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

envyjoy

Sex: F

Pain: Most

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: Most

external_stress: Some

Stickman: all
Description:F26y
FM:5y Dx
envyjoy

150 mg daily

since Jun 01, 2010
Efficacy Major for Fibromyalgia
Side Effects Mild
See full evaluation

poshbird

Sex: F

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Some

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: Most

function: Some

external_stress: Some

Stickman: most
Description:F49y
CFS:?y Dx
FM:3y Dx
poshbird

150 mg daily

since Jun 21, 2010
Efficacy Slight for Fibromyalgia
Side Effects Mild
Advice/Tips i would be very careful going too high on doseage, i was ok on 75mg x 3 times a day, but when i went up to 100 mg x 3 daily, i actually felt worse than befor... See full evaluation

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Report created on May 27, 2012.

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