My doc just switched me to lyrica (which took like a month to get approved by my wunnerful insurance and he told me to BE SURE TO SLOWLY WEAN MYSELF OFF GABAPENTIN BEFORE STARTING LYRICA !!
BE CAREFUL, ROSK ! !:confused
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Originally Posted by groskilly
My Doc switched me from Gabapentin to Lyrica about a month ago. The Gabapentin was no longer helping much with my burning feet. I was at 3600mg of Gabapentin. I continued to take the remaining Gabapentin (300mg caps) here and there along with the Lyrica when the burning was bad and it seemed to help. Eventually I ran out of the Gabapetin and the burning became more intense (worse). I told my Doc I was taking both and he said he never heard of anybody doing that and doesn't recommend it.
A couple of questions.
Does it make any sense at all that the 2 drugs would work better in combination ?
I am taking 375mg of Lyrica and would like to increase the dosage. Does Lyrica have a max dose where the effectiveness peaks out like Gabapentin (3600mg) ?
Gerald
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