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Originally Posted by soxmom
Has anyone switched from gabapentin to lyrica???? I take 600mg 3xday
and the doc wants me to just switch to lyrica 150 mg 3xday.
Will I have withdrawels???? Ive been on Gabapentin for 3 years.
Any advice would be apreciated.
Tia  |
I have been on gabapentin for about eight years. My last dose was 4,800 mg/day. Recently, i switched to the same dose of lyrica as you.
I had no problems whatsoever switching or switching back (couldn't take lyrica).
I cut down on the gabapentin by one-half for 3-4 days. then cut down by 1/2 again while taking one-half of the lyrica at the same time. then, the week I was off of gabapentin altogether was the week i started lyrica full strength.
When I went off of the lyrica, I went off of it quicker than i started it and started back on the gabapentin at 1600mgs/day until i get to the full dosage in a couple of weeks.
good luck to you.