Fibromyalgia And Lyrica (Page 3)
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I was recently put on Lyrica for severe Fibromyalgia pain. It is a nice change from the narcotic pain medications I have been taking but the pain is still intense. Have any other FMS patients seen results from Lyrica?

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I was recently prescribed Lyrica (free trial) by a most incompetent physician who took only 5 minutes with me after waiting to see him twice for 2 hours. I do have fibromyalgia and nerve pain. Now, my left arm and hand are going numb each night. I am just deathly afraid of taking Lyrica because of the research I have done on the side effects. Is there anything out there that really works without the debilitating side effects?

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i also have fibromyalgia and have quite of bit of neuropathic-type pain, and i was on Neurontin for quite awhile. Neurontin is very similar to Lyrica, but Lyrica is supposed to be better for fibromyalgia. While on Neurontin, i was doing pretty well, but i had to discontinue it when i began having swelling in my legs, and Neurontin can sometimes cause this. I was then switched to Lyrica, and my fibromyalgia symptoms began to get much worse. I was on it for about a year and i have just switched back over to Neurontin. i think i may be very slowly starting to improve. So, Lyrica did not work for me, but my doctor said that many of his patients have been improving on it.

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My reply was actually more directed at the original poster, who said they still have intense pain, even though they have started using it. I wanted them to know why they were not seeing results yet.

I am glad that you have had good luck with it, it is great that you have found a relief for your pain. These drugs never worked for me at all, though I was desperate and willingly tried several of them, but nothing, wish I had as good results as you did Karel, I would gladly give up narcotics if I had another solution.

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I am fully aware that LYRICA is not approved for FMS. All I wanted to say is that I have been on it successfully for intercostal neuritis. I also have FMS. Ceryain Drugs are approved for one thing all the time and then used for other things. Thanks for your reply, Karel

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Lyrica is actually not approved for FMS, it is currently approved to treat Diabetic Neuropathy, it will only work for certain types of nerve pain. It is not a narcotic, nor an analgesic, so it will not work like they do for providing pain relief.

To see any results, it also usuall takes at least a month with these types of meds.

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I have FMS as well as back pain and nerve pain in my ribcage. My dr seems to think that if we get the dosage hi enough that it will help the Fibro. So far I have no relief for my Fibro symptoms yet and I am on 400mg. Karel

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