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Originally Posted by mrsD
Hi Marty, long time no see!
Your question should really be: Does Lyrica actually work?
Two new studies show that it is rather disappointing.
http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/pf...o-pain-studies
Lyrica from what I've seen here works (if it is going to work) right off. What tends to happen is that it stops working and people end up getting huge doses...which eventually stop working altogether, and then you have a difficult discontinuance.
So you will need to think about benefit vs risk... as Lyrica can have significant CNS depressant actions, weight gain, and edema. It is very difficult to discontinue as well. |
Wow funny you bring this point up because it was the talk of the town when I started on it some 7 years ago. I'm slowly going off it however. I'm down to half doses with no change in pain. I'm thinking without any studying on the facts that it really isn't helping me any. I'm going go off all drugs and use tramadol when I have flar-ups only (like once a week at max so I don't build up a tolerance to it) and see if my quality of life changes. I just have to find out.
Back to my question however, the reason why I wanted to know if it builds up in your system is to know how fast to reduce the amount.