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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
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
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
LITTLE C
Lyrica, 75 mg daily since Feb 08, 2008

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Brand Names: Lyrica

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...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Pregabalin

Pain
Pain: 100% 116
Other
Other: 57% 66
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 10% 12
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 9% 10
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia): 5% 6
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 4% 5
Don't know
Don't know: 3% 3
General health
General health: 3% 3
Not indicated
Not indicated: 3% 3
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
Bladder problems
Bladder problems: 1% 1
Fasciculations
Fasciculations: 1% 1
Fatigue
Fatigue: 1% 1
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia: 1% 1
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia: 1% 1
Insomnia
Insomnia: 1% 1
Leg stiffness and cramping, bilateral
Leg stiffness and cramping, bilateral: 1% 1
Lower back pain
Lower back pain: 1% 1
Muscle twitching (fasciculations)
Muscle twitching (fasciculations): 1% 1
Neuralgia
Neuralgia: 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 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 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 1 Number of Patients: 1 30 Number of Patients: 30 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 58 Number of Patients: 58 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 44 Number of Patients: 44 3 Number of Patients: 3 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 23 Number of Patients: 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
Side effects too severe: 100% 21
Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 81% 17
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 71% 15
Other
Other: 38% 8
Expense
Expense: 33% 7
Not indicated
Not indicated: 19% 4
Personal research
Personal research: 14% 3
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 5% 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: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Pregabalin Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 71% 10
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 14
2 stars2 stars
2: 50% 7
1 star
1: 29% 4


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