Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Mark, My understanding is that Lyrica is the update on neurontin. It decreases glutamate and increases GABA in the brain. I guess my question is whether this action can do anything good. I find it disturbing to be taking something that wears off like aspirin. No one has been able to diagnose what is wrong with me at this point. It is possible that they ran tests too late after the initial infection or whatever it was. I don't know if it is a relapse of Lyme either. The symptoms are different from my illness in the past and came on when I was doing very well. a Carnes " Mark London " <mrl@...> wrote: > > Hi - I don't know much about lyrica, except from reading people's > experiences with it. The effects sounds like neurontin, but some > people respond better to it, while others worse. Most people are > taking it for pain. What are you taking it for? Have you ever tried > neurontin? What long term effect does your doctor expect from it? > > FWIW, while it's works great for some people, a ton of people > experience major side effects from it. Fatigue is one of them. Some > people have reported that some side effects only occur after many > months of taking it. In theory, I guess, if long term use can result > in new effects, then perhaps positive effects may also result, but I > haven't read of any yet, have you? BTW, the study on fibromyalgia > only went up to 14 weeks. I've read that 13-20% of the people in > some studies on it, quit the drug because of the side effects. - Mark > > > > > > Hey Mark, > > I haven't posted for awhile. I am now taking 150 mg of Lyrica twice > a > > day. It relieves my head symptoms, but doesn't seem to be fixing > > anything. The neuro. wants me to take it for a year. I went to > China > > in early Dec. and got some herbs that are supposed to improve blood > > circulation. I haven't started taking them yet because I am taking > > some herbs to loose weight first. I have lost 13 lbs but also doing > > NutriSystem, so don't know if the herbs are good for anything > except > > to empty your pockets. > > > > Any thoughts on the Lyrica and why it clears symptoms but isn't > curing > > the underlying problem? > > > > a Carnes > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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