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Taking Pregabalin
174 Patients currently take Pregabalin
33 Patients stopped taking Pregabalin
Nancydrew2
Sensation: mild
Overall: mild
Cognition: mild
Vision: mild
Speech: mild
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: mild
Walking: mild
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Nancydrew2
Lyrica, 25 mg daily since Apr 01, 2007
lilybet
Depression: 2
Emotional: 2
Compulsion: 0
Anxiety: 1
Mania: 1
Physical: 1
External Stress: Severe
48 F
Function: Low
Distress: Low
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lilybet
Lyrica, 400 mg daily since Jun 24, 2006
mollymac
Sensation: severe
Overall: moderate
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: mild
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: mild
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mollymac
Lyrica, 150 mg daily since Apr 21, 2008

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Brand Names: Lyrica

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. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Pregabalin

Pain
Pain: 100% 84
Other
Other: 61% 51
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 11% 9
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 7% 6
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia): 5% 4
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 5% 4
Don't know
Don't know: 4% 3
General health
General health: 2% 2
Aches and pains
Aches and pains: 1% 1
Aching/burning/throbbing/buzzing tendon body pain
Aching/burning/throbbing/buzzing tendon body pain: 1% 1
All over pain
All over pain: 1% 1
Awakening due to pain
Awakening due to pain: 1% 1
Bladder problems
Bladder problems: 1% 1
Fasciculations
Fasciculations: 1% 1
Fatigue
Fatigue: 1% 1
Insomnia
Insomnia: 1% 1
Leg stiffness and cramping, bilateral
Leg stiffness and cramping, bilateral: 1% 1
Numbness
Numbness: 1% 1
Pins and needles entire body
Pins and needles entire body: 1% 1
Nerve pain
Nerve pain: 1% 1

Patient Dosages

0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 225 mg daily 300 mg daily 375 mg daily 400 mg daily 425 mg daily 450 mg daily 600 mg daily 900 mg daily 1500 mg daily 75 mg as needed N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 39 Number of Patients: 39 7 Number of Patients: 7 10 Number of Patients: 10 36 Number of Patients: 36 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Pregabalin

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
5
19
22
27
36
20

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pregabalin (multiple reasons could be selected)

Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 100% 14
Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 86% 12
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 50% 7
Expense
Expense: 43% 6
Other
Other: 29% 4
Personal research
Personal research: 21% 3
Not indicated
Not indicated: 14% 2

How Long Patients Took Pregabalin Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
8
4
9
3
2
3

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Pregabalin Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 62% 5
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 8
2 stars2 stars
2: 62% 5
1 star
1: 25% 2


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