Lyrica vs Neurontin
 | Lyrica |  | Neurontin |  |
| Lyrica is used to treat pain caused by nerve damage due to diabetes or to shingles (herpes zoster) infection. It may also be used to treat nerve pain caused by spinal cord injury. Lyrica is also used to treat pain in people with fibromyalgia. | Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. | |||
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| Add Lyrica review You will be in the Ly rica cloud!. yes you of will feel dru nk and feel as if you are tired all the time. you wiil be very slow youi will fefl like an idiot and I am a ver54y smart and engineer.now i cant but together legos if I wanted while im on the cloud of lyrica. it takes the pain away for sure,but be careful you do not have to undertake an imkportant tasks that rwequire critical thinkinbg. d ... I have fibromyalgia and was given this drug to help with the nerve pain. In the beginning at 50 mg it seemed to help some but 8 months later with the dosage increased to 200 mg a day I was feeling worse! I have gained 30 lbs, was bloated and holding water, my calves were swelled tight and so painful I didn't want to walk anywhere let alone do any exercise. I have been off of this med for about 3 w ... Woke up this morning with a terrible Bronchial cough , fever . very disoriented , a place n my arm is broken out and itches Since I take many meds for various reasons, I can not speak to the side effects. I am sad because my ins. co. has jacked up the co-pay so I can't pay. It really helped my fibromyalgia. Any substitute suggestions? The one side effect I do not like is daytime drowsiness and groggy feeling during the daytime hours. | Add Neurontin review Since taking this drug for pain I have been left with numbness that is not going away!!!This is more disturbing than the pain!! So far, so good! I am on the smallest dose currently and it has eased my fibromyalgia pain greatly. I was truly suffering from severe pain in my legs, lower back and hips. Ever increasing doses of narcotics did nothing to relieve it. Through numerous diagnostic tests, a process of elimination pointed to the cause being a side effect of a chemotherapy drug (vincristine) used in my cancer care. I did some research and asked my GP to prescribe Neurontin. Once we gradually raised the dose to 300 mg. ... It feels like it made my tremors, and muscle spasms worse. Doesn't stop the leg cramps, doesn't help with the neuropathy. Overall, I don't think this drug is for me...I feel so much worse, and the shaking is preventing me from eating (without embarasing food drops), I cannot write legibly, and it's even hard for me to type on the computer. I see my Neuro Doc in June...I think we are going to ha ... | |||
