• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 75 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: This was prescribed when I was complaining that I kept falling asleep at work, but it only made me MORE sleepy.

Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
• Side effects

  Severe (swelling in legs, feet and ankles)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 600 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I was taking lyrica for almost 2 yrs. when on Oct. 21,2007 I fell outside my home from our steps and fell almost 2 ft. onto our concrete driveway. Due to this drug, I broke my right arm,shattered my right elbow, and broke my wrist. When I came out of surgery, i was psycotic and thought it was 1974. I had been on other meds for thyroid disease and lasiz, etc. It toook a week in the hospital to bring me back to normal. I suffered very severe side effects in 2007. I will always have limited use of my right arm and have not regained the memories I lost. I just recently had surgery on my right wrist. I now have a metal plate in my elbow and a prosticis in my wrist where i fell. I would not recommend this drug to anyone. I had been on 600 mg. daily and pfizer phar. would not assume any responsibility for this accident. They said my dr. and me should have realized all the severe side effects that this drug could cause. To me, this would be impossible. They said with my other meds., that could have also been a contributing factor. When I went on savella in June of 2009 I have had no side effects from this drug and in fact feel more alert and more responsible for my illness

Side effects: swelling in legs, feet and ankles

• Effectiveness

  None (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Mild
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 50 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Severe (hallucinations)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 75 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Serious Hallucinations

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: hallucinations, hallucinations

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Severe (dizziness, weight gain, headaches, slow to wake in morning)
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Advice & Tips: I only take Lyrica when i am very tired and my pain is unbareable , and ihave at least 12 hrs. to sleep and be alert. Lyrica ( and I took it long enough that these side effects should have gotten better, but thry didn't they still make me feel like a vegetable, so i can't take them very often.

Cost: $100-199 monthly

Side effects: slow to wake in morning, dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, headaches, headaches

• Effectiveness

  None (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (pressure headaches)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: This medicine has not helped me but I have been told by other FM patients that this has worked for them. So good luck if you are interested in trying it. I hope it works for you!

Side effects: pressure headaches

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (blurry vision)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 200 mg Daily