Lyrica Terrible Side Effects (Page 7) (Top voted first)

Lyrica has ruined my life. It wasn't bad enough with the pain from my back injury. I only took Lyrica for 2 weeks. The weight gain was bad. I lost 1/3 of my hair in 4 months. I have had a rash for over 1 year now. I mean a bad rash. This was my first side effect. And they warn you of this. Get off Lyrica asap if you get a rash. I thought I was having a stroke the first week on Lyrica when they rushed me to the hospital. I had read on the internet of how many young people have died from strokes from taking Lyrica. My vision is so bad now. I can barely drive at night time and I have to were glasses to see the tv. The worst side effect I've had and still have is the terrible, terrible pain in all my joints. My knees are so bad and my hands and fingers & joints pound and throb 24-7. The swelling in my arms and hands was so bad at one time, I thought I would lose my limbs due to non circulation. The pain is so bad in my knees, I can barely walk everyday. I am self employed and I type and write all day. My hands hurt so bad. I can barely hold anything in the mornings to pin my hair up or put on my makeup. As bad as my pain was and is in my back and cyatic nerve the Lyrica did help. It was a miracle. But I only took it 2 weeks and after 1 year I still have all the terrible side effects. I've been looking on the internet for other peoples bad reactions and I was told by my doctor and the hospital, I had a very bad reaction to it. I've seen a lot of people say they have never got rid of the knee pain and joint pain. Very scary. I called the drug company that makes Lyrica. I told them the side effects that I was having and the first question they asked me was how was my eye sight. I had a fit. I told them the double vision and blurry vision was bad. They made the comment to me that Pifzer was doing a study on this side effect. I was in an automobile accident, that was bad enough, but this drug Lyrica has ruined my life and there is no cure. There are numerous law suits against this drug. I will never be the same again!

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DO NOT TAKE Lyrica...

THERE ARE NATURAL WAYS TO HELP YOURSELF with many diseases. I am 73 and I am FREE OF FIBRO…. But Lyrica destroyed MY HEARING and MY VISION and I want to join any group who is suing the Lyrica Company.

I had Fibro, but I do not have it now... I will share my success with everyone. I do not sell it but it works!
Email me and let’s chat on email… Remember: I CANNOT HEAR THANKS TO LYRICA!

DELTA IN TEXAS
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I wrote an extensive email to the FDA today explaining what I've been seeing on this website. Let's hope they look into what we have written here. BUT PLEASE ENTER YOUR ADVERSE EXPERIENCES ON THE FDA WEBSITE... fda.gov/MedWatch

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I got bad back spine joint pain and etc,i have use opioids for pain but doctor wanted me off them and offered lyrica,i got horrible feeling i was so drunk and dizzy,next day my face body swelld up and it take one month to cleare now rash permanent pain, migraine,bad memory,bad eya sight,do not use lyrica its poison!!!!

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I was on it for about 8 weeks and off now for about 6 weeks ..i still have extreme wt. gain and swelling in my legs and knee and soles of my feet pain so bad that I have trouble walking......it is worse than the nerve pain they put me on it for....any advice on how to treat it???

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Well, here's another terrible lyrica story. I'm not even going to bore you with the details. I didn't have too many bad side effects while on the demon drug (450mg per day for RSD). However withdrawals have made me miserable since I started tapering in JANUARY!!! That's right, seven months of hell. I'm so very tired of feeling so exhausted, sweating till I'm soaking wet, then freezing, staying home all the time because I have no energy or desire to do anything. Stabbing stomach pains. I've been able to avoid the worst of it by tapering so slow, but it still sucks big time. I was a busy, fun, THIN person. She's long gone and in her place is a miserable, suicidal shell, thanks to lyrica.

I feel for all of you, and I wish that there was something I could do or say to help you. I can only suggest a super long taper. I went down approximately 25 mg every two weeks or so. I contacted Pfizer, and they sent me a letter asking me about my symptoms. A lot they care. This drug was rushed through clinical trials, and pushed hard by pharmacy reps who encouraged physicians to use it for "off label" illnesses. In other words, even though the drug had not gone through testing for anxiety, it was pushed hard for that use. It's all about dollars, and Pfizer had a major money maker with Lyrica. They have already paid out over 3 billion to settle lawsuits, but that's a drop in the bucket compared to how much money this drug has made for them. The absolute last thing that Pfizer is worried about is our suffering. It's all about the money.

All we can do, and I encourage all of you to do this with me, is to visit every site online that allows you to tell your story about your lyrica suffering. Create a cut and paste version, and let's flood the internet with so many stories that Pfizer may actually feel our anger. We have a unique tool available to us with the internet...your story can reach millions of people. Go to sites that physicians might visit and post...believe me, no doctor wants to prescribe a drug that has this much potential to bring legal action against them. It's all we have, but it's more than people had in the past. Good luck and good health to you all!
Longbeachone

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