186 patient evaluations for Lyrica

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Mar 25, 2023 (Started Jan 03, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for trigeminal neuralgia)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Personality Change)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Weight Gain)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: Really weigh up your options before taking this med. My specialist told me that women liked this med as they lost weight, what a load of cods wallop. I’m extremely careful now before filling any scripts and taking tablets. I get the name and look it up to get the pro’s and con’s now and weigh up if it’s worth trying.
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 1, 2021 (Started Feb 21, 1997)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Twice daily

Dec 8, 2019 (Started Feb 21, 1997)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Twice daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 8, 2018 (Started Feb 21, 1997)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Twice daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 14, 2021 (Started Mar 15, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (reduced pleasure in orgasm)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Apr 14, 2020 (Started Mar 15, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (reduced pleasure in orgasm)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Jan 14, 2020 (Started Mar 15, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (reduced pleasure in orgasm)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Sep 10, 2018 (Started Mar 15, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 225 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Lyrica interrupts the sending of messages along your nerves to dampen their signals. This means much less pain but it dampens pleasure signals too. Not ideal but having breathing not hurt is worth sex being less fun.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2016 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for back pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Mar 1, 2015 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for back pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Oct 2, 2010 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for back pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Dec 30, 2009 (Started Nov 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for back pain)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: My only "burden" with this medication is the high price. My insurance doesn't cover this particular medication very well. Instead of my usual $15 it's $50. Oh well.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 29, 2012 (Started Jan 04, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for migraine headaches)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (vision changes)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Coming off lyrics was horrible, ive done it twice now and b oth times it affected my vision badly.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 3, 2017 (Started Nov 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Three times daily
Advice & Tips: Try to handle taking lower doses to handle your pain because the higher the dose the more likely you are to encounter side affects! My perfect dosage to almost completly wipe out my fibro pain is 300 mg 3 x's a day ( i was in the reasearch program for lyrica) but the side effect that always comes for me is the weight gain but on lower doses it does'nt effect my weight very much!
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 31, 2016 (Started Jul 01, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (vertigo)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Twice daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 30, 2016 (Started Jul 01, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (vertigo)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Twice daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 26, 2016 (Started May 08, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 21, 2016 (Started Apr 01, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (anxious mood)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 225 mg Twice daily
Advice & Tips: It helps for awhile and then I seem to build a tolerance. I just had a change in dose to double and expect worsening fog and anxiousness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 15, 2014 (Started Sep 10, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness, weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: dizziness

Jun 10, 2010 (Started Sep 10, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: i switched to this from Neurontin because of those side effects. these side effects are just as bad, just not as offensive to others
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: dizziness
  • 0 helpful marks
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