Lyrica for Fibro pain

hi! i took lyrica r 5 1/2 mo. with little relief. i was taking 75 mg 4x daily the last 2 1/2 mo. i even got 30% off from mfr and it still cost me $218/mo. i went to a new dr. fridaya d he took me off lyrica and rxd savella. i will (within 8 days) be taking 59 mg 2x day. i called pharmacy..it costs aroune $138/mo. the dr told me friday he would give me 4-6 weeks samples and since i used to work for a clinic and am aware of how the drug reps leave sooo many samples i'm gonna ask for samples until they tell me no. why not? between office visits and rx costs, i am broke. i haven't personally heard of anyone "singing the praises of lyrica." i'm just praying the savella works! good luck. i'm hoping for the best for all of us. Donna

Thanks for the responses and the info.

Bryan

Nana
Thanks for the info on the muscle spasms. I get them when I do any hard physical work and had no idea that could be from the fibro! They last at least all the next day.

BigBry
I tried Lyrica, gained a half pound a day. Then I was put on Neurontin (generic is gabapentin) and didn't have that problem and it works about the same. I only tolerate 100mg 3 times a day. I take the daytime doses along with tramadol 50 mg (some say it's a narcotic, some say it's not) because it wakes me up and makes me fairly happy and stops most of the pain well. I only take that twice a day unless I am having a bad day. NSAIDs don't work and Tylenol only helps a little bit along with something else, like the Neurontin. Narcotics don't do much either. I take a half of the smallest pill (1mg) of diazepam for muscle spasms - old drug and very good for spasms and cheap generic. The tiny amount I take is not tranquilizing. It's hardly ever the dose docs give out. But I find fibro makes me very sensitive to some drugs, so I always start with a half dose of whatever is prescribed.

Daisy and JustLive
I get dizzy from Neurontin (just like Lyrica but much cheaper), also sleepy. Taking it with tramadol takes care of the sleepiness. I have no stomach upset with them, but you might want to eat a little. I usually just take them with my coffee with a a lot of milk. I am really sensitive to anything that upsets stomach. I would try Darvocet, but it has sulfite, and I have a sensitivity/allergy to that. I have to look up everything!

Lyrica and neurontin made me suicidal. be careful.

Everyone reacts differently. I started Lyrica over 2 years ago. I was a little dizzy and light-headed for a few days. It almost immediately helped me sleep without waking up during the night. I did gain weight, almost 30 pounds, but until I started Lyrica my sleep was so disjointed and bad that I was nearly desperate. I worked up to the maximum dose, but it didn't seem to help any more than the minimum. So now I take 100 mgs. of Lyrica at night. I don't think I could do without it. However, it hasn't helped my pain levels, like it has for some people. Diane

I took Lyriica about 2 years ago, it did not help with the pain and i did gain 20 pds with it. I tried cymabalta after that and still no help with the pain. After alot of trial and error I finally got a good mix of meds that help. I take Ibuprofen 800 for the arthuritis, Lotabs for pain, and cymbalta for anxiety/depression. I had taken these meds before seperatly and with no help, but by taking them all together it helped a great deal.

Hi BigBry,

You should check out my post from the other day; it is listed Guaifenesin for fibro/acid reflux. I highly, highly recommend the book I talked about. The friend who recommended it to me has been on the guaifenesin for several years and tried going off it to try other meds including Lyrica and always got worse being off the guai. I have seen great improvement in both my pain and fatigue. I know different things work for different people but guaifenesin is worth a try.

I was diagnosed with FM in January 2006, but I've had it for years and didn't know there was a word for it. My husband use to have to pull me up out of bed, I hurt sooooo bad. Right now, I'm taking Zanaflex(2mg) every night for the restful sleep that we have to have. I'm just as tired in the morning as I was when I went to bed. I take 60mg Cymbalta every morning, along with a Prilosec for Acid Reflux & Gerd, Vitamin D(50,000 IU, once a week), Nabumetone(750 mg twice a day) for pain..I have IBS, tinnitus, interstitual cystitis, etc..My pressure points are so bad.. I'm trying to walk to lose weight, because my heart wants to jump out of my chest sometimes, so the heart Dr thinks I need to lose some weight first to see if it helps with that.

We'll see..ha-ha

Post Edited (LizzieLouLou) : 4/8/2013 2:29:19 PM (GMT-6)