I tried both Gabapentin and Lyrica, neither did anything for the burning pain in my hands and feet, and cuased blurred vision, memory loss and just fog. Today my Rheumy put me on Cybralta, hopefully this will work with fewer sideffects. I realize that there could be complications, but not many choices are available.
I read about one study that the drug company did, where Lyrica scored about even with the placebo, I told my Neuologist to just give me the sugar pills, as they have fewer sideffects! The drug company quickly covered up the findings and did the study again, and surprise, they passed the second time... My Rheumy told me (tounge in cheek) that that is why Lyrica didn't work for me, as I read this study saying it didn't work...