Lyrica Is Dangerous / Class Action Suit Anyone? (Page 13)
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I have crps in both hands from carpal tunnel release...after several months, I was worse, not better. My workmens comp dr. said " You will have chronic pain the rest of your life and you will just have to learn to live with it"...oh thanks doc for screwing my hands up, not to mention how it has drastically has changed my life and limitations. I have been seeing a pain specialist ever since and that was back in 2001 when I had the release. I was on lyrica for the last 6 years, I have been off of it for three months. Now that I think back to when my severe depression started was not long since I started taking it. I don't know how many times I said I hate my life and I wish I was dead, I had thoughts of taking all my prescriptions and going to sleep for good! By the grace of god, I had my four nephews to take care of and I truly believe they saved my life! My pain management N.P wanted to keep a close eye on me when I started taking it, so I went from going every six months to every three months and when my depression got worse every two months...nothing was done, I was on 600 mg. a day, why didn't she try to lower my dose? I complained about the swelling and she said she didn't have any other patients complain, I was taking lyrica for the pain in my hands and the whole time it was making them worse! There were many time I would be driving and make a turn and not know where I was...one day I couldn't remember my address, I couldn't remember conversations I had with my boys, I had no brain! When I came off lyrica and I did it slowly...it was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Hot, cold, night sweats, nauseous...I was at the grocery store and literally felt like a monster coming out of me, thank god I am off lyrica! My lawyer is checking on a class action lawsuit, all of us that has had a horrible experience with lyrica, we all need to come together and they need to pay for putting this horrible drug on the market!

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Thank you for allowing me to share my experience on Lyrica. I took Lyrica for pain late June 2014 at 75 mg dosage at first. It was then increased to 300 mg per day in mid-July and that's when the itchiness started on my abdomen and lower legs and turned into an itchy rash. I complained to my family doctor who denied it was the Lyrica. The itchiness and rash just kept increasing and in early Aug 2014 I stopped cold turkey because I could not take it anymore. I complained again to my family doctor three more times and she still denied it was the Lyrica. She sent me to a dermatologist who had never seen a rash like mine. A skin biopsy was done and revealed nothing. I was asked to try hypoallergenic everything - still itchy. Creams and prescribed Reactine 20 mg 4 X/day and I am still itchy. It took a second dermatologist to say that it was from the Lyrica. We are now Jan 2015 and I am still going out of my mind with itchiness and I have scabs and bleeding everywhere on my body from the scratching. Another friend of mine was put on Lyrica for her fibromyalgia and she developed the same thing.

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worse med ever been on, lost my vision for 2 months, was put on for fibromyalgia and ended up seeing eye doctrs due to vision loss..

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I totally agree that our side effects need to be heard before anyone else is severely harm by the awful drugs I would be the first person to put my name and face out there.I I am on SSI disability so I've already been harmed no one else can do anything to me nor will I allow a drug ever again to cripple me .WE AR NOT LAB ANIMALS! !!!!!!

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Maybe someone can put these side effects on national news, if they know someone. Tell our story to NBC. ,CBS, ABC, BBC, CNN, Fox News, any major news source on TV. Tell them what Lyrica is doing to us.

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Dawn I am so sorry for what you're going through but I can relate I am NOT currently taking lyrica because of the horrific side effects the weight gain the memory loss the stuttering the Lambs jerking violently For no reason I felt like I was losing my mind as we speak I can no longer type anything because I don't remember what I was getting ready to type so I speak all of my texts I still suffer from memory loss and trying to put two words together sometimes and all of this because of my nerve pain I am 53 years old and I feel like I am 83 years old. I used to be very vibrant I wrote poetry almost daily. I no longer do this anymore. I also was on Cymbalta. both drugs have permanently damage my life along with the chronic pain panic attacks major depression. when I was on both drugs I thought about taking my life several times but the reason being my grandchildren and my daughter. I have to look at their pictures daily and focus completely on them and by the grace of God is the reason I did not do it. I am a mess I have had 6 surgery on my right side 2 hip replacement 1 patella replacement and then out of the blue I was diagnosed with something called Horner's syndrome a very rare syndrome that affects your central nervous system my right eye is permanently drooping. I am mad as hell I don't know what kind of lab animals these pharmaceutical companies think that we are but this is not right. all of us that are suffering I am so sorry and I hope and pray we all get some type of justice for what has been done to our bodies mind and spirit. please remember and feel that we are not broken we are just sick and tired of being exploited for money. if this comes out a little discombobulated it is because of the drugs. take care Dawn, hold on to the sunshine that you feel and that you can see the beauty that is all around you. keep smiling

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What I wanted you to know about Lyrica was I have no coping mechanisms especially under stress and I still have the memory issues and I have been off it since 2006. They took Darvocet off the market, which had been around for years and whose side effects are like a drop in the bucket compared to Lyrica. Anyway, if you listen carefully to the commercial, you will hear no side effects covering brain loss concerning any type of memory loss. They leave you to believe that Lyrica only causes depression and maybe suicide. And there is still no lawyer who will take on pfyzer. Pfyzer can pay off the lawyers.

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Pfyzer in their commercials mention a lot of side effects of the drug, Lyrica. There I'd one side effect I have not heard from them is the memory problems. They do say if you notice any side effects, let your doctor know, because of the depression and suicidal tendencies. If your a person living alone, guess what, you may get depressed and kill yourself and no one will know what caused it. It seems the most common side effect is some sort of permanent memory loss. When you are on it the memory loss and staggering walk and speech make people think your drunk
That happened to me one night at the hospital where I took care of critically I'll patients on ventilators. The hospital thought I was drunk, so they took a blood test on me which showed no alcohol on my blood. They refused to believe the effects were from a drug. I was put on 6 month probation. The hospital was very upset with me going cold turkey versus decreasing the dosages. But a doctor, years ago who was a psychiatrist and a neurologist found out that I was placed on a drug for epilepsy. They did the diagnosis based on one convulsion. The doctor who knew me and my family did not have a history of epilepse. The other doctors who talked to Jim wanted me to decrease the dosage gradually. My doctor was not happy because the drug was habit-forming, as is Lyrica. He said that if you have only been on drug a couple of months you can go cold turkey . I followed his advice and went cold tukey . I told my family to keep an eye on me and kept my phone one speed dial to the doctor in case anything went wrong
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The only lasting effect for me were short term memory lose and coping probleul tim
anyway back to the side

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Im in!!!!! God i was a zombie!

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Did you ever find out if anyone has sued due to severe side effect, or if anyone is pursuing a class action suite?
A small percentage of people in a clinical trial of about 1500 people developed radial nerve palsy. I too suffered this past year, and even still have problems with my left arm. I am happy I can now move my arm and fingers, but this situation really affected me mentally and emotionally. For 8 months I went through a grieving process because I believed I would lose my arm. All I could do is look at my arm and stress, even causing family issues because my father thought I was faking it.It is not something easy to clear the mind of, such as a broken toe. This was the loss of the tool I use most, my hands.Any time I wanted to do anything, I was reminded that I might lose my arm.I even saw a specialist who said I could have a procedure where the remove nerves from the thigh, and place then where the radial nerve should be functioning.
Such a concept made me sick to my stomach, the treatment may not work, mess up how my leg functions, cost allot of money and the constant stress and emotions of losing an appendage. This set me back a year and continues to be an issue, although I can now type this message. But missing a year of life caught up in my head, a developing age for many to go out and fulfill their potential with progress. I on the other hand regressed, as I made no progress and aged at the same time, thus causing me mentally to be a year younger than I actually am! In addition I could not perform well in school, constantly had mental breakdowns and over-all depression. Not the type of depression SSRI's are prescribed for, it was the type of depression that (not comparing my self to people who serve in the military) a trooper over seas loses an arm in an explosion. That is way more intense physically, but emotionally and mentally the same grieving process and questions of WHY!!! WHY ME!!!?
Almost a year through this condition my doctor brought to light this was most likely caused by Lyrica after finding the studies supporting this idea. I discontinued and several months later my fingers could move (although was also influenced by physical therapy). That is another thing, to pay copay's 3 times a week for such a large amount of time is ridiculous, and out of pocket costs not covered by insurance. I was lucky to have insurance, hah; that is a joke, as if anyone in this position is lucky.
My goal is not an absurd amount of money, I just want full function of my arm like everyone in the world, and to get my year back, to achieve everything I could have achieved, the year spent in my head grieving, isolating myself and unknowingly regressing. I just want my progression, time, finances and mental state back. I want to be in the position of my life I would have been.
Sadly enough the reason I took this medication was due to another major regression for 3 years when I was a passenger on the freeway who got T-Boned as this illegal Mexican was crossing freeways and the on ramp provided the proper conditions for this guy to hit my side of the car, slide 4 lanes left over with enough force to cross back 6 lanes to the right (6 lanes because of the 2 lanes for the on ramp he approached on) while spinning 180 degrees. As we crossed back to the right, I could see headlights of oncoming cars thinking this was the end. A moment that seemed so long, but in reality occurred for just seconds. Once again my unlucky life received no compensation as he was simply deported and obviously uninsured.
I started to ramble their with great detail, I guess because sub-consciously I need to get this off my chest. I just feel so far back for my age now, as if 4 years of my life were just spent in my head, granted only 1 of those years were due to Lyrica.
I would appreciate a response, even if you have no advice legally, it would be nice to speak with another person affected by this medicine created by the evil demons at Pfizer.
Thank you for reading! And I do want to figure out any advice before the statue of limitations kicks in, in about a little less than 2 years.

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I still have some memory problems even though I have been off Lyrica for 7 years now. If your lawyer finds a class action suit let all of us know. I am on another blog thread I'm here and I could let them know. Good luck.

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Wow. I can't. Believe I'm not the only one. At the time I thought I was having a nervous breakdown, couldn't find my way home, my brain doing the opposite of what I told it. ( turn the heat off... Turned it all the way up) my speech started slurred then excessive stuttering. My head jerked back & forth like I had a "tick" if I tried to fight it I would pass out from exhaustion and if I didn't still passed out from exhaustion. I have tingling in my hand (still) i do things relatively when my anxiety is up and I still sometimes run out of the movies (because the sound makes me feel like I'm having a nervous breakdown) I could go on and on. I called my pharmacy the women knew me well, she couldn't understand me and finally realized who she was speaking to after several times trying to explain who I was. She said omg Renee? Get to the ER now! It was the Lyrica....

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My problem is a little different. I had a multi - discectomy and the pain before and after was unbelievable. Neurontin made me short of breath so I was put on Lyrica. The 1st dose decreased my pain by over 80%! I was able to go back to work and my pain was controlled. Here's where the problem began.

I am a Type 2 diabetic... I WAS well controlled. Blood sugars around 119 with an A1C ranging from 5.9 to 6.5. All of a sudden my pancreas died. Blood sugars in the 4 and 5 hundreds. I'm now on insulin. I have met at least 2 other people with the same problem.

I'm barely controlled on multiple high doses of insulin a day. I stopped Lyrica but function hasn't returned...

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I got off cold turkey when on Lyrica
I still have memory loss and coping problems even though it has been 8 years since then. Now I take Tylenol # 3, which works for my arthritic pain, instead of Lyrica.

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Let me begin by saying thank you to all of you who have shared your experiences with Lyrica. I have back pain, arthritis (both knees, both wrists and fingers), bursitis (right shoulder and left hip) and tendinitis (left shoulder). In addition, I also have fibromyalgia. I was on Savella for about a year but had so many stomach issues, I weaned myself off. Having recently changed doctor, we discussed my fibro and she gave me a prescription for Lyrica. I took it for four nights and had the most horrible dreams. I told my husband there was no way I could continue taking it. I woke up without having rested at all. I took it the nights of June 12 - 15. On the 18th I noticed a small rash. By the next morning it had spread. The following day I ended up in Urgent Care. The rash was everywhere...and I mean EVERYWHERE! They gave me a steroid shot to try and calm it down, an antibiotic because it had spread to my mouth and told me to take Benadryl until it clears. Today I went to my dermatologist because it is getting worse. He gave me a prescription cream to help with the itching. He said it is basically just a waiting game now. I am miserable! The only other medication that has ever been this bad for me was Cipro, where I ended up in the Emergency Room. Lyrica if now added to my list. I pray that whatever reaction you have had from taking Lyrica is not permanent. Thank you for allowing me to share my experience. It is time for this medication to be taken off the market!

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There is another thread on this blog about lyrica and its sife effects.

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I have the same symptoms: memory loss, excruciatingly colon and back pain, constipation, heartburn that feels like a heart attack, and real bad headaches. I am just now getting off Lyrica and want to be involved with legal action that will get this drug off the market.

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Thanks Ellie Mae! I hope all who read this forum feel able to share and talk about this horrible experience. I KNOW only too well how difficult it is to even type, think or write anything that resembles coherent, but we all get that and I don't know what I would have done without first being able to read others experiences and then being able to communicate with pple going through the same thing.
Hugs to all!! (((( * ))))

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You are not crazy or alone! Seek counseling, as I did, if u can. We need to find someone with BALLS (pardon my lingo, plz.!) to take this on!!!!! Hugs to you!

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NannyX10... <3 I don't even know where to start, (Lyrica brain) but I will say that I can SO relate to what you wrote and others as well. Thanks for sharing your experience as we all need to let each other know we aren't crazy or alone in this nightmare. I don't need to repeat what has already been said, but I have had an ongoing lyrica HELL both while taking it, and then coming off of it. It took a year to finally get off completely because I couldn't deal with the torture of the w/d. It was like you mentioned...this monster coming out of me along with such severe panic I thought I would literally shatter. The physical, emotional and mental trauma has been horrific.I have never felt so horrible and I have been thru a LOT. Anyway, I am all for a class action suit, just not sure where to start, and how do we "prove" any of this? Maybe if enough of us tell our similar experiences, that will be proof enough. One thing right NOW, as I write this...I used to write for a living, and had no problem forming a sentence, making sense, etc. now...it's taken me forever to write what I have so far with many corrections and backspacing, where in the past I could have already posted this 20 minutes ago. Errrrr :(

I would like to suggest though that if anyone is struggling (what an understatement) getting off the crap, I found that the only way I could really even function was to go on Gabapentin. It's a cousin so to speak of lie-rica, and has helped quite a bit. You also have to wean off of it, but it's MUCH easier and doable. I started with 100 mg's 3 x's a day went up to 200 3x's a day and now am back down to the starting dosage which I will decrease slowly by opening the capsules and pouring out a little at a time then eliminating one a day for a week then two and so on. I really don't know what I would have done without the gabapentin to help with this. SO, very long story short, we can do this and we will, my fear and what makes me beyond angry is what lasting effects will this have? I was on it for about three years, and if my brain and body don't improve there's no way I could ever work full time again or be back to what I was before. It's incredibly sad and tragic that this drug we took to help improve our pain and ability to live moderately good lives could have potentially harmed us for life. The damage done far exceeds what I took it for in the first place.

Thanks for listening, and lets have each other's backs. I may start a support group on facebook to just vent, share and well...support (lol) each other. If anyone feels this would be helpful, let me know. It also may help others out there who are thinking of going on it, or just feel alone and crazy like I did before finding this forum and others.

blessings and love!

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I'm with ya, Babe!

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