Thread: LYRICA WITHDRAWAL . What do you think ?
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Old 06-23-2014, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by EnfieldGuy5959 View Post
Does the pain settle down once your body re-calibrates? I am on 300mg a day for cutaneous nerve pain and have been for almost 18 months. I used to take 150mg 2x a day (morning and night) and just started cutting out my nighttime dose. Doesn't help I just had massage therapy yesterday as well which always hurts. Afraid to be reliant on this drug anymore.
That depends largely on whether the underlying cause of pain has been addressed. Is that why you're tapering off the Lyrica?

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