253 patient evaluations for Pregabalin

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Feb 2, 2010 (Started Sep 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, headaches, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, fluid retention weight gain, blurry vision, fatigue, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: slow to wake in morning, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, weight gain, problems concentrating, fatigue, fluid retention weight gain, dizziness, brain fog, blurry vision, brain fog, blurry vision, headaches

Sep 15, 2009 (Started Sep 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, headaches, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, fluid retention weight gain, blurry vision, fatigue, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: slow to wake in morning, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, weight gain, problems concentrating, fatigue, fluid retention weight gain, dizziness, brain fog, blurry vision, brain fog, blurry vision, headaches
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 28, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: don't be afraid to try it. I don't know what I would do with out Lyrica the burning in my legs and the bottom of my feet were so bad when I didn't have Lyrica I never want to go back to those days again.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 16, 2010 (Started Nov 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sluggishness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: As I increase the dosage I am feeling more sluggish. I was taking a lot of Topamax when I started Lyrica and I had to reduce the Topamax because with me the combination made me very slow and sluggish. I don't think I want to go up on this med. any more.
Side effects: sluggishness
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2010 (Started Jul 28, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 28, 2009 (Started Sep 30, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: If you start dropping things, twitching, flailing arms, etc. You are probably on a dose that is too high. Also, I have found that it works better for me if I do not take it several times a day, but take it on the days that I know I have a busy/rough day ahead of me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 12, 2007 (Started May 15, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (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
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 16, 2009 (Started Dec 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Since starting Lyrica I have felt better than I have in years. I have energy and am not in constant pain. My only hope is that is continues to have this effect. In the beginning and for the first 2 weeks I did experience some dizziness and lightheadedness but that has since past.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: dizziness, migraine with aura, brain fog
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 11, 2009 (Started Apr 22, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, daytime sleepiness, Frankenstein-like gait)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: While I was still able to walk, taking the med made my knees and legs stiffen to the point I walked like Frankenstein
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: Frankenstein-like gait, daytime sleepiness, weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 16, 2009 (Started Jul 06, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog, blurry vision, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, fatigue, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, dizziness, blurry vision, fatigue, brain fog, brain fog, problems concentrating
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 23, 2009 (Started Feb 17, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness, brain fog, weight gain, blurry vision, headaches, tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, fatigue, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Side effects: tiredness, daytime sleepiness, slow to wake in morning, dizziness, brain fog, headaches, weight gain, problems concentrating, blurry vision, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks
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