We need to take a stand.... Lyrica was not even made for fibro

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Ok, I was thinking this morning in my Dr's office. As I sat there and looked at

a poster about Lyrica..... guess what???? It was not created for FM. It was

originally produced and tested for diabetic neuropathy and pain from Shingles...

because it is " nerve pain " . They accidentally stumbled onto the use of this

drug for FM because FM involves alot of nerve pain just as neuropathy does.

So.... no one sat down and decided to make a drug for Fibromyalgia. They

created a drug and happened to find out it would benefit us. Then they don't

mention the diabetic neuropathy use. That would have been well and good for the

public. It IS BELIEVABLE... but because it benefits us... Pzizer is just a

money making bunch of liars. My gosh, WE CANNOT have a medication for an

invisible illness????? What the hell were they thinking.

Debra V.

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---> > Gee, I wonder how many times over the years, a pharma company

has worked hard to come up with a drug for a specific disorder and

then awhile after it has been out there for the docs to prescribe, it

has been discovered to help another disorder??? It's rather like the

ingredient in one of the cough meds helps fibro patients. (sorry I

can't spell that substance that starts with a g....)

I do wish, though, that when someone discovered that duract helped

dental patients after certain procedures, it was effective; the

dental field would have given better info to their patients. It

still makes me very MAD, 10 years later, that that medicine is no

longer on the market! I have written here before that I could take

ONE pill when I first got up and not have any pain all day!!! But

the directions were that you could take one tablets 3 times a day for

NO MORE than 10 DAYS. Dental patients either weren't following the

directions or the dentists didn't read or get all of the adverse

reactions (pull out the sheet that comes with some meds and see how

much they cover --- how many people read the whole thing??? the

sheets are, no doubt, shrunk very small and most people don't read

all of the fine print.)

And yes, I will admit, I have a personal bias as I have worked for

drug companies in a number of different areas. I have to wonder how

many millions of dollars are spent just testing a drug and then

having it pulled!!! And once a drug is approved, the company still

has to follow up with reports of adverse reactions --- I have typed

some of those papers and they are very detailed, must be reported to

the FDA and would also the same type agencies in other countries. I

know we all think drugs are too expensive, but think about what does

work --- I don't hear very many people saying " Thank goodness company

XYZ spent all of that money developing this amazing drug!!! "

Ok, I am getting down from my soap box again!

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