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Originally Posted by GJZH
Nancy,
I guess I am getting some of these drugs confused...I thought Cymbalta and Lyrica were in the same family or is Lyrica in the same family as Neurontin? It is difficult to keep tract of the new drugs...I think I am going to have to sit down with my Pain doc and have him go over all of the drugs with me at the next appt.
I thought you could not take some of these together...but I guess I am confused..
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Lyrica, Neurontin and Topomax are the same family. In fact Lyrica and Neurontin are the same drug, just Lyrica is the super-consentrated version from what I understand. Neurontin just made me gain 50 pounds which I am working on getting rid of. So if you have that side effect on Neurontin, you are best not to take Lyrica because the same would happen.
Cymbalta is the sister drug of Effexor (neither of which helped me by the way).
My nerves are entrapped by the muscles, especial my sciatic nerve, which runs through my piriformis muscle instead of around it like normal people.
So when that muscle group gets in a dander, my sciatica kicks in.
My left shoulder also has the same problems with the nerves of my left arm. If my shoulder is having an FM moment, I find my left hand is slightly weaker than my right.
I hope you find something that helps you!