I don't think your pharmacist read the insert properly. Here is a quote from a copy of the Lyrica insert:
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In clinical trials in patients with neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, 9% of patients treated with LYRICA and 4% of patients treated with placebo discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the LYRICA treatment group, the most common reasons for discontinuation due to adverse reactions were dizziness (3%) and somnolence (2%). In comparison, < 1% of placebo patients withdrew due to dizziness and somnolence. Other reasons for discontinuation from the trials, occurring with greater frequency in the LYRICA group than in the placebo group, were asthenia, confusion, and peripheral edema. Each of these events led to withdrawal in approximately 1% of patients.
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http://www.rxlist.com/lyrica-drug.htm
In the table that follows on that insert 9 patients with diabetic neuropathy reported neuropathy in the lowest dose category.
As dose was increased, this dropped. (meaning at the lowest dose the neuropathy was not improved since they had it already).
That is my interpretation.
Lyrica is one of the commonest drugs offered to patients with neuropathic pain.
You might be having edema side effects which are common, and that can compress nerves by itself.
I'd report to the doctor in any case, since deep vein thrombosis is also possible with those symptoms.
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