http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/...entin-ubc.html

Hope I copied this right...anyway, I read this on a facebook page. Interesting. Glad my neuro took me off of it.

My DH is on this med for back pain......he has swelling and fogginess but his doctor keeps insisting none of it is caused by this med. He is a "changed" man since taking this med and I hate it. Printed the article to show him. Thanks.

All my docs told me that not everyone tolerates it well, and it should only be used for pain caused by nerve signals getting confused. I'm wondering if a lot of docs misprescribed it? Or did the company's info lead to that issue?

I'm one of the lucky few that do ok on it and doesn't have weight gain issues. It helps a lot for me - especially my Fibro pain and to keep those electric shock-like pains caused by the MS at bay. Hoping this doesn't make it harder for the docs to prescribe this for me.

I have to say this is the only one I am on that helps with the creepy crawly skin.

Jim was on this for many years and even had multiple seizures when an intern took him off it and neglected to ween him during kidney failure. When Jim weened off the drug he lost about 30+ pounds. No kidding and the swelling is gone except for humid days. We look back at the pics of him and cringe at how swollen he looked on this med.

gosh you get me scared, but on it for quite some time now... and on it for nerve pain, tingling pain that hurts like heck... this med is the only one so far that really makes the tingling pain stay away... I get the numbness feeling as always but the tingling pain does not come much yeahhhh

good to be informed though, so thanks... I always wonder with both meds as I am not a medicine taker well... but take that and baclofen now... and sometimes wonder if could do without or not...

hugss all, sarah

"Hope I copied this right...anyway, I read this on a facebook page. Interesting. Glad my neuro took me off of it.[/QUOTE]

Hi Debbie and all.I am new here.I am a 54 yr old f with nueropathy in my feet.I have some choice words for Phizer.Ty for posting about gabapentin but the company is making a killing from their new drug lyrica so it wont hurt them at all.
my post is a warning to any considering lyrica or gabapentin for that matter.
aprox a yr and a half ago I began lyrica for the pain in my feet.
Now if you have severe debilitating pain that absolutley nothing will help.....I can see using this drug.
My experience.I have become an angry ,sad depressed fat person with a host of other side effects w lyrica.At 250 mgs hard to remember anything.Amnesia is a side effect.
oh at first I thought it was good pain gone but then began stumbling around my house at night(only can take it at night)as tho drunk and i dont drink.
ok so after 60 lbs weight gain and severe depression,I tried to drop a quarter of my dose last summer,,,well instantly suicidal.crying etc...next day bk to dose bk to normal.
It scared me.I am now on a doctors taper I am of the mind to do it in a weelk as phizer says or 5 weeks the week is appealing because then I would be done with this stuff.Just suck it up for a week.
anyway this drug is the worst i have ever encountered.It is actually gabapentin in a difforent form,,so the co just switched it up a bit.Lyrica binds more tightly to the molecules.
It will ruin your life for sure.It has mine so far.
I am trying other pain meds just to get rid of lyrica but getting rid of it is not easy.If anyone has tips they are welcome.
I would only take this drug if i was dying and nothing mattered.
Or the pain was so severe it didnt matter what my mood was.
Yes it has caused rotten teeth,,,,,yes mood so low its scary.Hair loss,swelling,,,,urinary problems,,,,and eyesight problems.
I am so done with lyrica and upset with phizer,,they just reinvented their drug to make more money.And take advantage of people in pain.
so there it is sorry for the long post but....please use at your own risk.
I pray I get my life back.
kayyla

Hi Kayyla,
Welcome to NT. This is a friendly place with lots of nice people. Thank you for your information, I am sure it will help some people judge the drug they take.

I hope we hear more from you. We love new people. Take care.

I read a report on CNN.com today that Gabapentin/neurontin has been shown to cause suicidal tendencies...
these darn drugs and the docs who use them off-label without knowing what kind of effects will show up...

Everyone tolerates drugs in a different way. I've taken it with no bad sides, but no real results. We are all different.