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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

posted

http://medicalhealthnews.info/neurontin-lyrica-death-sentence-new-brain-synapses-saga-continue/

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Rumigirl
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 15091

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Ugh!! Thank you for posting this.

I have been on Lyrica only at night for a long time, due to not finding anything else that makes the horrific nerve pain I have even vaguely tolerable. (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, aka, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.

I want to get off of it! It's evil! The side-effects are atrocious. Not to mention what you mentioned, which I didn't know.

The trick is to find something else that works to just take the edge off of the pain. My next stop is high-dose CBD.

I desperately want to get rid of this horrible med. I don't believe that I'm dependent (I hope!), because I only take it at night. Even so, I probably will have to titrate down, when I get the CBD. I"ve had CBD before, but need to get a regulated dose.

This pharma co is basically legal pushers! Yes, those of us in horrible pain need help. But not with the pharma versions, unless nothing else works. Sigh.

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Lymetoo
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You are in a bad spot for sure!

I hope you can get on CBD soon .. and yes, go slowly when getting off of the Lyrica. I took it for about 3 weeks and hated it.

I don't think it even did anything for me.

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lpkayak
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Ty. I guess I have to stop it. I thought it was better than ibuprofen. Its the only thing I have had for pain with this last surgery

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aklnwlf
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My sister used to be horribly addicted to both of those drugs.

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Kayak .. For you, it probably IS SAFER than ibuprofen. You don't need another bout with diverticulitis.

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Keebler
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Very ototoxic. Neurontin caused me much vertigo and muscle weakness even at very low doses - my legs turned to jell-o. Was supposed to help reduce seizures and it caused more, likely due at least in part to the vertigo-inducing nature of it.

For those with any vestibular issues, this can be a brutal drug.
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