Re: Lyrica..the new wonder drug!

January 21, 2008

Hi Sue

I hope that this continues to do the job it does ,...I am glad for you

I am on no painmeds for the neuropathy but after treatment in december I

have to see the doc on februari 12th and tell him it didnt help ( the

treatment) and the only option I then have , unless there is something brand

new is that Lyrica , so we will see what happens , but it is awesome to hear

that it does help you,..

liefs

Annemie

Lyrica..the new wonder drug!

> Hi Everyone!

> I see alot of talk on Lyrica here so thought I'd share my experience

> with it.I live in excruciating pain 24/7 from complications of brain

> surgery years ago.My neurologist started me on Lyrica to help reduce my

> pain.I've been on it almost a year now and it has worked wonders.The

> working dose is 300 mg/day but I can only tolerate half that.If you are

> susceptible to lymphedema,as I am, it plays havoc with that.so I take a

> lower dose.It does stop the sharp pains that used to happen when I bent

> over to pick something up.Now,I can tell you,I KNOW NOT to bend

> over,but sometimes it's a knee jerk reaction,and the pain would smack

> me right between the eyes.Now,it doesn't do that anymore.That's a huge

> gift from the Lyrica.It can make you sleepy on the higher dosage but

> doesn't slow me down any.I just received samples of Cymbalta to try for

> more pain relief,this in addition to all the other meds I'm on. I see

> here that people get headaches from Cymbalta? Is that true? or have I

> read that wrong?

> Thanks for having this group I love it!

> Sue

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