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| iSpine Discuss LYRICA -The miracle drug in the Main forums forums; Everytime I try a new drug, like Lyrica, I have side effects. I know Lyrica is not for me, as ... |
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02-03-2011, 09:31 PM
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It scary to take new drugs
Everytime I try a new drug, like Lyrica, I have side effects. I know Lyrica is not for me, as I like to have wine with dinner and drink beer on the weekends in the summer. It comes with a strong warning regarding alcohol. It's one thing to moderate your intake but another thing to eliminate altogether. I have a friend that I like to go to have martini's with now and again as well. It just scares me to take new meds anyway. So I gave up wine and beer for about 2 weeks trying Lyrica and the side effects did not disapate. So on top of side effects and still having pain, I wasn't able to enjoy my wine. i am glad that it works for others.
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion, (9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord. Last edited by cherylstewart67; 02-03-2011 at 09:36 PM. 
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02-04-2011, 03:49 AM
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I did not give Lyrica a fair chance as i was gaining weight and automatically blamed it on the Lyrica. Could have been other endocrine problems at the time. It did make me feel loopy at the time i was taking it too.
so glad it is working though. Everyone needs their miracle surgery or miracle drug judy
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02-09-2011, 04:23 AM
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I wonder if I spoke too soon or jinxed myself,...2 days ago, the old pain has returned with a vengeance. Darn (sigh). Maybe my body is adjusting to well to the lyrica hence dampening it's effects. I'm increasing my dosage to see if that works. I do still feel sure it was the lyrica that gave me the pain free interval I had, the timing and degree of pain freeness (for so long too) was to extreme to have simply been a natural recission.
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2/26/09 - c4-c7 3 level ADR Prodisc Nova with Dr Bertagnoli. 100% success. 9/22/09 -Dr B opened me up to find a staph infection was eating my vertebrae causing ADR subsidence. Had to remove all 3 ADR's and convert to 3 level fusion. Mostly pain free 2 weeks post op. 9/20/10 - I think I jinxed myself. As soon as I told dr b and dr Sullivan I was doing well (on 6/1/10) I tanked and have experienced the return of pain. My neuro says the new pain is at t4. Last edited by steve55; 02-09-2011 at 04:26 AM.
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02-09-2011, 11:23 AM
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my experience
Steve,
Since our spines are different re what problems we might have I don't know if this is the case w/u however I took Neurontin 1800mg for 12 years. Initially it was incredible with the relief it gave me re neuropathies however I still had flare ups and some were as terrible as anything I'd ever experienced however they were in essence flare ups. They ended. Relief again. I experienced this for a number of years until L5S1 has autofused and given me quite a bit more relief I think as I've been able to be off Neurontin now completely since 8/10. While I don't know if that's going to be a forever thing (being off Neurontin) currently I am. Good luck, hope it's just a flareup or rough patch and soon you'll be feeling better again... give it a bit of time and see.
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02-09-2011, 05:01 PM
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For me, both N & L worked well on my nerve pain. However, there were times, and still now, when I overdo or sneeze wrong... whatever, when my pain will flair up.
Hope this is your circumstance and is just a bump in the road.
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3 level Prodisc adr S1-L3, Oct 12, 2005 Dr. B in Bogen, Germany Severe nerve damage in left leg, still working on it
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02-10-2011, 11:00 PM
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Hi Steve, keep this in mind
There is a difference between acute pain and chronic pain. Sometimes, there does need to be an ajustment of dosage after initial Rx to see if it still helps. The Lyrica side effects did not go away for me, so I stopped. Also, on any given day your spine may be in an aligment that may give you some sence of relief but really it's a temp thing. I had 3-4 days back in October where I had NO pain and No weaknees! I just thanked God for it and moved on. I wondered so deeply what did I do right those few days when I felt so good
 Anyway, I went on vacation to Puerto Vallarta two weeks later and was miserable!
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female age 45, height 5"6", 145 lbds, non smoker, conservative treatments failed, (7/2007) C4/5/6 peek disc replacements,plate & screws failed fusion, (9/2008) revision with bone replace plate and screws, (10/2009) C3/4 stand alone peek cage, (12/2010) facet joint injections C3-7, (1/2011) rhizotomy C6/7 failed, Trouble swallowing most recent mri (7/2011) shows ajacent level issues: right neural foraminal narrowing C2/3, posterior bulge indents thecal sac at C6/7/T1 no mass effect on cord.
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