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Originally Posted by Cowcntry
Hello Tom, I have been taking Tegretol (3x a day) 200mg & Neurontin (3x a day) 300mg for about 6 months now. I haven't had any side effects with these drugs..... but my first neurologist wanted to keep increasing my neurontin everytime I went to see him. So I dropped him. Now my neurologist took me off those two drugs and put me on Lyrica along with Cymbalta. I could tell those drugs were working because now that I am being weened off the pain is coming back..... I just hope Lyrica starts to kick in. I have been taking the Lyrica now for a week. I increase the Lyrica by 50 each week until I get to 300. I am on 100mg right now..... 4 weeks to go. What pn do you have?
Thanks,
Michele
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Hi Michele,
I have burning pain in my hands and feet that is aggravated by use, such as yard work or workout at the gym. My neuro calls it small fiber neuropathy, but the name is unimportant as pain control is uppermost in my mind. I'm on 600mg/day of LYRICA but unsure of how helpful it is. Tom