Re: Lyrica side effects versus pain relief

March 4, 2008

What was her side effect from Lyrica Jeanne?

Jeanne,

My mother took part in a clinical trial once and her problems with the drug

happened the weekend after they had finished collecting data. I begged her

to call them, but she wouldn't. This was a cox2 inhibitor, by the way, and

she was a control subject.

I'm just saying that to emphasize that just because it didn't show up in

the package insert does not necessarily mean it is unrelated! Suspicions

might be raised if we keep hearing the same story over and over.

(who had an extremely rare reaction to an antibiotic (1 in 20,000

people) but eventually, they greatly restricted the use of the product

because there were others like me who began to have bone marrow failiure

some months after taking the drug. Many of them died, but I didn't, obviously)

At 12:58 PM 3/3/2008, you wrote:

>That's interesting, Angie. I thought weight gain was listed as a possible

>side effect for Lyrica. Oh well, no biggy. Each of us reacts differently

>anyhoo. Hope you are feeling somewhat better today.

>Jeanne in WI

>

>I asked doctors about the weight gain with Lyrica; and I have gained

>weight the past few months. They told me there is no significant weight

>gain issues with Lyrica. It's being sedentary from the pain/illness stuff.

>So we can't use that one!!!

>

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