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Taking Pregabalin
239 Patients currently take Pregabalin
54 Patients stopped taking Pregabalin
lilybet Depression: 2 Emotional: 2 Compulsion: 0 Anxiety: 0 Mania: 0 Physical: 1 External Stress: Severe 48 F Function: Moderate Distress: Low See profile lilybet Lyrica, 400 mg daily since Jun 24, 2006
spiritangel66 Sensation: severe Overall: severe Cognition: severe Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: severe Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile spiritangel66 Lyrica, daily since Apr 07, 2008
LITTLE C Sensation: mild Overall: none Cognition: none Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: none See profile LITTLE C Lyrica, 75 mg daily since Feb 08, 2008

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. Read more...

What we've learned

Why Patients Take Pregabalin

Pain	116
Other	66
Stiffness/spasticity	12
Disease-related symptoms	10
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)	6
slow my disease's progress	5
Don't know	3
General health	3
Not indicated	3
Aches and pains	1
Aching/burning/throbbing/buzzing tendon body pain	1
All over pain	1
Bladder problems	1
Fasciculations	1
Fatigue	1
Fibromyalgia	1
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia	1
Insomnia	1
Leg stiffness and cramping, bilateral	1
Lower back pain	1
Muscle twitching (fasciculations)	1
Neuralgia	1
Numbness	1
Pins and needles entire body	1
Nerve pain	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	180 mg daily	200 mg daily	225 mg daily	275 mg daily	300 mg daily	375 mg daily	400 mg daily	425 mg daily	450 mg daily	525 mg daily	600 mg daily	900 mg daily	1500 mg daily	75 mg as needed	N/A
1	1	2	4	1	20	1	30	28	1	58	1	9	15	1	44	3	11	1	8	1	9	3	1	2	23

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Pregabalin

< 1 month	> 1 month	> 3 months	> 6 months	> 1 year	> 2 years
13	23	36	38	44	26

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

Side effects too severe	21
Did not seem to work	17
Doctor's advice	15
Other	8
Expense	7
Not indicated	4
Personal research	3
Course of treatment ended	1

How Long Patients Took Pregabalin Before Stopping

< 1 month	> 1 month	> 3 months	> 6 months	> 1 year	> 2 years
12	11	15	9	3	7

Average: Pregabalin Ratings

	10
	14
	7
	4

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Pregabalin Treatment Report