Pregabalin Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Lyrica
Generic Name: Pregabalin
What is Pregabalin?
Pregabalin is an anticonvulsant. It works by decreasing the number of pain signals that are sent out by damaged nerves in the body. It is used to relieve pain from damaged nerves that can occur in your arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, or toes if you have diabetes.
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Reasons Taken
271 patients in the community are taking or have taken Pregabalin.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | 150 | 57% |
| Other | 52 | 19% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 13 | 4% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 12 | 4% |
| disease-related symptoms | 8 | 3% |
| Don't know | 4 | 1% |
| General health | 4 | 1% |
| Muscle twitching (fasciculations) | 2 | <1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 2 | <1% |
| Neuropathic pain | 1 | <1% |
| Burning sensation | 1 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | <1% |
| Pain and stiffness, feet | 1 | <1% |
| nerve pain | 1 | <1% |
| Awakening due to pain | 1 | <1% |
| Leg stiffness and cramping, bilateral | 1 | <1% |
| Glossopharyngeal neuralgia | 1 | <1% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) | 1 | <1% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | <1% |
| Numbness | 1 | <1% |
| Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain | 1 | <1% |
| electric shock pain in left eye | 1 | <1% |
| Sensation | 1 | <1% |
| Neuralgia | 1 | <1% |
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Pregabalin or how long patients were taking Pregabalin before stopping.
Currently taking Pregabalin
Stopped taking Pregabalin
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 60% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 40% | 2 |
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Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 20% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 30% | 3 |
| Mild | 30% | 3 |
| None | 20% | 2 |
Top reported side-effects include: Weight gain, Brain fog, tiredness
Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)
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- SHELLYZ
- Sensation: moderate
- Overall: mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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by SHELLYZ
Aug 10, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsSevere
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- IT WORKED BUT THE BLURRY VISION WAS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE
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- mbgm14
- Sensation: severe
- Overall: moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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by mbgm14
Aug 21, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Pain
- Advice/Tips
- that it can (and does) cause weight gain, but it really helps the neuropathic pain - I tried 4 days back on Tramadex and ibuprofen and ended up in severe pain. I've decided that I'll deal with any wt gain that I have, but I'll definitely stay on the Lyrica.
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