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Old 06-16-2010, 04:18 PM #1
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While on this med!! I haven't looked up the status of an alleged Phizer 'lawsuit' regarding this med, but there is supposedly one going on.
Several here at NT had claimed rapid tooth decay while on Lyrica.
I was one of them.
Just wondered if any of you have noticed any change in your dental.

Yes, I had been taking other meds which do cause dry mouth and any med that causes dry mouth can ultimately make our teeth more prone to decay.
But I had been taking those other meds for a substantial amount of time and everything was ok.
During my 8 month (nightmare) on Lyrica is when the rapid tooth decay came on and I've had to have teeth pulled because they were beyond saving.
Thankfully I was able to catch one in time and salvaged it with simple filling.

Lyrica IMO is a drug that came straight from the pit of HE**

I hope you are having better luck with it.
Just make sure your dental is current and checked often.
I agree totally. Lyrica has got to. be the worse reaction to a med in my life. My vision is almost baack to normal I swelled up huge and sob only on it 2 weeks. It is wicked drug
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I agree totally. Lyrica has got to. be the worse reaction to a med in my life. My vision is almost baack to normal I swelled up huge and sob only on it 2 weeks. It is wicked drug
Me too! It was absolutely BAD. Some people it works for, but for me.....
Now I know what the term 'rapid weight gain' means, and believe me, it wasn't from eating! I swelled up like a hotair balloon, couldn't bend over to tie my shoes, short of breath......scary.
I'm finally back down to normal weight (almost). It's a scary thing to watch yourself literally gain weight rapidly (as in 10 pounds a WEEK) !!

I hope you are feeling back to normal by now
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I was on Lyrica for 4 days.

It made the doors in my house seem to swing open a little and close a little.

I felt it seemed to be working.

But, on the 4th day when I used the rest room. I had rectal bleeding. Not just a little, but enough to scare a zombie.

I went to the ER and was directed to stop the drug ASAP.

I didn't have any issues once I stopped taking it.


I wont ever take it again.
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local neuro kept saying "it takes a week to get your brain used to lyrica"...I kept saying but my feet look like canned hams with pegs in one end and I cant see to get through my home. Sooo... called my PcP and got right in. took a week of being off of it to get my vision anywhere near normal and as of right now I still have problems as I see a normal computer screen as I am writing this but also have on cocked at an angle.
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Most of these medications say that if you experience confusion, balance issues, etc. that you should speak to your doctor asap. You also have face burning issues, and that COULD be the beginning of a serious allergic issue. So please call your doctor to be safe. God bless. Peace, Lee
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I took 75mg + 25mg a day for 2 weeks then got bad side effects in my lower legs swelling burning pain which lasted for 7 weeks after I stop taking any more pills. So for me it took a full 7 weeks before it was out of my system and free from any side effects.
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I took 75mg + 25mg a day for 2 weeks then got bad side effects in my lower legs swelling burning pain which lasted for 7 weeks after I stop taking any more pills. So for me it took a full 7 weeks before it was out of my system and free from any side effects.
I've been on lyrica for a few years for diabetic neuropathy. It seemed to reduce the burning feet at night bt was unstable on my feet, dizzy and most recenty, my eyesight starting failing. I showed my doctors the FDA report regarding Pfiser not reporting side effects as they should have been. My neurologist told me to drop down to 150 mg from the 600 I have been taking. After two weeks at 150 to discontinue it all together. I'm in my second day of only 150 per day and I can't get to sleep -- even with aventin. My main worry is whether or not my eyesight will rebound. Anyone know how long it tkes to be able to sleep and havethe eyes return to normal??

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if i could curse i would for this drug, cuz this drug relaly makes me want to curse. for all the good it did me, i became knee deep in some sort of strange manic reality. where everything was 3 shades brighter, but oh no....oh ohhh no. when you go off it, it's like you're in some sort of strange nightmare in which youre body feels like it's going to die.

i really really wish, i could get in on this lawsuit about lyrica. cause it is pretty much a deadly drug, and hard as hell to get off of, for people who have taken it for awhile.

sooo, in conclusion, will there be like one of those advertisements on TV saying if you were stabbed by this drug? then please call 1800556 for financial compensation.
???

hopefully so, but if not can you or someone else point us in the right direction of our money?
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After using Lyrica, for two weeks, I suddenly had the urge to drive my car off bridges or into large dump trucks; I have never had any suicidal tendencies, and I took myself off the medication, and I didn't drive for one week. I haven't had these ideations since taking the drug.

Secondly, I had severe swelling of the lower extremities, hands, as well as face.

Horrible Reaction.

I warn everyone before they try it for fibromyalgia that they may experience peculiar symtoms.
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