I was hoping I could get some help with this question here.

Do the side effects of Lyrica eventually go away when you stop taking it?
I called and talked to Pfizer but they were really no help at all.


I have one-sided muscle weakness, burning pain in my face and feet, memory loss, confusion, difficulty talking and finding the right words and also some balance issues.

How long did you take Lyrica and at what dosage?...

I have been on Lyrica for 14 months 1 75mg in am and 2 in the pm. In the last couple of months I have started to notice balance issues, light headiness, feelings of being spaced out and more recently what seems like numbness on right side of face and neck along with fatigue. About 2 weeks ago dropped dosage down to 1 75mg in am and pm and not much change other than nerve pain from spinal stenosis and bulging disc more noticable.

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

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
Rae

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.

Just a thought re Lyrica and tooth decay. Before starting Lyrica i had a dodgy tooth that was filled but still sensative indicating a root canal may by in order some time soon.

Being on lyrica for seven months I upped the dosage to 300mg to totally eliminate any pain It did a pretty good job but side effects were horrible at those levels

Long story short.. decided to titrate down to zero to find the where the breakthrough pain was. Got down to 100mg and BOOM chronic tooth pain in wild spasms. Aghhhh I thought lyrica is destroying my teeth! then it occurred to me that Lyrica suppresses nerve pain and. tooth pain is nerve related so I upped my dosage and tooth pain gone

My point being Lyrica may not destroy teeth directly but indirectly since its a nerve block an unnoticed cavity/cavity's could go undetected until to late in l/term users

just a thought...

^^Good point, re:dental nerve pain.


I'm at 50mg of Lyrica 3 times a day. I'm hoping to cut that dose in half over the course of the next few months to see if I can get away from the dizzy, spaced out side effects. Hopefully I can find a good balance with pain relief and minimal side effects. I have an appt. this week so I won't be titrating down on my own.

Anybody else see reduced side effects with a reduced dosage? Or are the side effects here to stay as long as I'm on Lyrica?

I'm probably not the best one to post anything, because it works for me with very little in the way of side effects. I'm taking 300 mg. 2 times a day for PN and it keeps the uncontrollable leg jumping and other horrible sensation to a minimum where I'm able to sleep at night without waking up to my feet contorting into unnatural positions. I am sorry to hear it's having such a bad effect on so many people. Keep me posted. I'll be looking for your threads. Best of luck to all of us.