Thread: Lyrica Withdrawal - How Long Will This Last?
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Old 03-30-2014, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by martine1975 View Post
My husband suggest that i should take NEURONTIN/GABAPENTIN instead. That is a lot cheaper and he thinks that it works more or less the same way.

Does anyone know more about that?
Hi Martine, welcome.

Yes, that's pretty much true; as a nurse, you can easily verify it with a little goggle time.

Being a newer version, Lyrica is supposedly better tolerated, but if it helped so much, gabapentin may be worth a try. Certainly something to ask/discuss with your doctor.

Others here have made the switch both ways. Search the archives for "gabapentin to lyrica" and/or "lyrica to gabapentin" or just use both without quotes.

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