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Does anyone know if there is an ongoing lawsuit against the company who puts out Lyrica? I am a mess from it. Do we have a leg to stand on when it comes to the side effects they found out from people like us? I am a long termer. I have been taking 900 mg since 2005. Is there anyone representing us? Thank you

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I took Lyrica for 15 days 2 years ago. I followed instruction as advised. I didn't feel any better or any worse. I'd been told by my GP that it might take 10-20 days to actually notice any pain relief. I've had Fibro/CFS for 21 years with high levels of pain most days. This was to be my 'salvation', after having such chronic pain for so long and trying many different meds for it, and having many allergies& reactions to most of those meds. . But the fact that I hadn't noticed any change in my pain levels, one way or the other, was suspicious to me. Then on the 15th day, I suddenly became absolutely hysterical.(I'm normally a very calm, collected person who can handle almost any kind of stressful situation). I was shaking all over and so very nauseous, and sobbing uncontrollably, and I was not able to pull myself together. I put a call thro to my physician of 33 years, and was 'screaming' at the nurse, trying to tell her what was happening to me. She wanted to take my phone number and call me right back. I remember saying to her.....NO! I NEED HELP NOW! IF YOU CAN'T HELP ME, JUST SAY SO, CAUSE I'M GOING OFF THIS TERRIBLE MED WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP. She finally got me calmed down. My own GP was outta the office and the nurse was there on her day off, doing some paper work.(Lucky for me!) She had to find another doctor in the practice to tell my story to and get some advice. AND, she did call me back in just a few minutes with instructions on how to titrate down off it. Good new is.......I did get off it, with no big problems. But I definiltey would not recommend it to another living soul! Tnx Jan

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see this information... I would like to send a FOIA request to see which drugs were not even tested and see which side effects are part what was falsified. Lycria causes swelling... well at my worst i was gaining about 10 pounds of fluid a day then loosing it by morning only to start the 10 pound cycle over again the next day. 70 pound weight gain in a year. Lymphatic problems are listed under rare side effects. What if all of this swelling is from peoples lymphatic systems being compromised from the drug? Pfizer needs to be held responsible for the problems this wonder drug/poison is causing.

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I agree with Connie.

but i also think Pfizer the maker of lyrica is also accountable. Did you see that the good doctor was on Pfizer's payroll?

Read this quote from a story on the doctor. Seems that if it is too good to be true then it is, or at least someone should have questioned his outstanding drug study results...

Interestingly, when you look at Scott’s output over the last 15 years, he never had a negative study,” said one colleague, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “In fact, they were all very robust results—where others had failed to show much difference. I just don’t understand why anyone would do this or how anyone could pull this off for so long.”

More questions raised...

What’s particularly surprising given the dimensions of the case, Ms. Johnston said, is that Dr. Reuben’s research managed to raise no alarms among peer reviewers.

Also the hospital where this all came to light is no longer using Lyrica on their surgery patients...

In light of the situation and economic concerns, UPMC has stopped giving celecoxib and pregabalin (lyrica) to surgery patients “until we have some very formal evidence that we should do something else,” Dr. Chelly said. “In this day and age, doing multimodal [therapy] is expensive. Any institution is going to look at evidence-based clinical decisions, and unless we have very strong data, it is a problem.”

One of the pillars of support for combining celecoxib and pregabalin (lyrica) was a 2006 study in Anesthesia and Analgesia—for which Dr. Reuben has been a reviewer—by Dr. Reuben and colleagues that found the approach effective in patients undergoing spinal surgery. That paper has been withdrawn. “If we take out [those] data in spinal,” Dr. Chelly said, “you really don’t have any evidence that the combination is working.”

I will keep looking and post what i find. If anyone else has information please share.

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More Pfizer information....

Pfizer Geodon Whistleblower Represented by Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Sep 9, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP A whistleblower who was involved in last week's record breaking $2.3 billion Pfizer settlement was represented by the Great Neck, NY law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP. The whistleblower lawsuit alleged that Pfizer illegally promoted the off-label use of the antipsychotic medication Geodon.

We are proud of our client and the other relators who stepped forward to expose Pfizer's wrongdoing, and helped to make this settlement possible, said David Krangle, an attorney with Parker Waichman Alonso LLP. We are also proud that our firm was able to play a part in obtaining justice for American taxpayers.

The Parker Waichman Alonso lawsuit was one of nine settled by the U.S. Department of Justice that charged Pfizer illegally marketed Geodon, as well as the pain killer Bextra; Zyvox, an antibiotic; and Lyrica, an anti-epileptic drug. The civil settlement also resolves allegations that Pfizer paid kickbacks to health care providers to induce them to prescribe these, as well as other, drugs.

As we reported last week, the $2.3 billion settlement is the largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Geodon portion of the settlement was $301 million.

Under the terms of the settlement, Pfizer subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. has also agreed to plead guilty to a felony violation that it illegally promoted the off-label use of Bextra. Pharmacia & Upjohn will pay $1.3 billion toward the total settlement.

Pfizer also has agreed to enter into an expansive corporate integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. That agreement provides for procedures and reviews to be put in place to avoid and promptly detect conduct similar to that which gave rise to this matter, the Justice Department said.

Whistleblower lawsuits are filed under the False Claims Act, a federal law that empowers people to file lawsuits against federal contractors claiming fraud against the government. Successful whistleblowers can receive a portion of the damages recovered. According to the Department of Justice, the whistleblowers involved in last week's Pfizer settlement will receive $102 million of the federal fines.

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the birth of lyrica...

Lyrica & Neurontin Association
Lyrica (Generic: Pregabalin) is prescribed to patients for the management of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Lyrica, manufactured by Pfizer, received FDA approval on December 30, 2004. Seizure patients also use Lyrica. Lyrica was manufactured as a substitute medication for Neurontin. Lyrica has only been tested and prescribed to adults 18 or older. Lyrica has not been studied in children under the age of 18. Lyrica, just like Neurontin, may cause increased risk of suicide and suicidal behavior.

Now google this- neurontin lawsuit 2008

Pfizer has done the same things with this drug as they have with Lyrica. promoting it for off market uses...

So it seems they are getting away with this for the second time.

this is long sorry... just felt like it needs to be read.

A lawsuit filed in June of 2002 claims that pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis illegally marketed its anticonvulsant medication Neurontin (generic name: gabapentin) to doctors for uses unapproved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Documents filed in Franklin v. Parke-Davis and unsealed over the last several months allege that the company deliberately formed a plan to persuade doctors to prescribe Neurontin for bipolar disorder, diabetic neuropathy, migraine, panic disorder and other conditions - all in the name of profit.

The lawsuit alleges that Parke-Davis paid for small, inexpensive clinical studies and paid to have the successful ones - that is, those showing results favorable for selling purposes - written up for medical journals. Then, according to National Public Radio, salesmen were told to whisper 'Neurontin for bipolar disorder,' 'Neurontin for migraine,' 'Neurontin for everything,' into doctors' ears. Physicians were also paid to attend lavish functions and hear Neurontin's virtues extolled, and were sometimes rewarded for writing certain levels of Neurontin prescriptions.

Unsealed documents in the case indicate that Parke-Davis undertook this strategy for two reasons:

1.Neurontin was approved only for add-on use in epilepsy, and only up to 1800 mg dosage. There are about 2 million people in the US with epilepsy - a relatively small market.
2.To have obtained FDA approval for other uses of Neurontin would have been expensive and time-consuming, with approval possibly not coming until the patent ran out - at which time generics would become available and the profits would drain away.
According to NPR's Snigdha Prakash, in 2001 $1.8 billion worth of Neurontin was sold in the United States, and a staggering 80 percent of that was for unapproved uses.
Dr. Paul Keck, in a September 2002 article Clinical Management of Bipolar Disorder, reported that In 2 studies, a placebo-controlled crossover monotherapy trial and a placebo-controlled, parallel-group, adjunctive treatment trial, gabapentin-treated patients did not display significantly greater improvement in manic symptoms than patients receiving placebo.

One such study was paid for by Parke-Davis and concluded: The findings of this study did not demonstrate that gabapentin is an effective adjunctive treatment when administered to outpatients with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Gary Sachs, director of the Harvard Bipolar Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, helped design and conduct such a study for Parke-Davis. He said on NPR's All Things Considered program: Yes, patients get better on Neurontin, but they get better at an even more impressive rate if they don't get Neurontin. He called the results shocking, saying the patients did better with sugar pills than on Neurontin. However, Parke-Davis withheld the results of that study until 2000 - about when the patent on Neurontin ran out.

Parke-Davis was acquired in 2000 when Pfizer, Inc. bought its parent company, Warner-Lambert. Pfizer has consistently declined to comment on the pending litigation except to say that the alleged actions took place before the year 2000, and that Pfizer does not engage in off-label marketing. However, Neurontin continues to be prescribed and sold for mostly unapproved uses such as bipolar disorder - because doctors were told it worked, and have not been told it doesn't work.

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Miranda, you will continue to have side effects from the lyrica, I have been off of it for over two years and I still hae them. And even the suicide attempt won't get the attention of a lawyer. I keep trying and they all talk to me like I'm crazy. Then when I mention I still have the side effects and what they are, they say well I can't tell. Well then try spending an hour with me for a consultaion and then you will see that I do still have trouble with my speech and my writing and my typing, especially after I am getting a little tired. I just don't get it, from everything I have been reading on this and other posts the lawyers do take on drug companys. So what does it take? For me to actually be Dad and my family have to deal with the grief and the hassle of a lawsuit? Good luck Miranda and if you find anyone to help you please post it and i will do the same. Whatever you do though don't get back on lyrica.

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Well, my Doctor has only just put me on Lyrica (I live in the UK btw). Before Lyrica I was on an increasing dose of Gabapentin/Neurontin - which seemed OK tbh, except the dose had to keep increasing and the number of tablets also increased and as I have trouble swallowing due to a stomach hernia I was put onto Lyrica which is stronger and only 1 tablet. Oh joy i thought! But then the often bizarre side effects began, hands typing the wrong letters, (this took ages to type btw - lol!), the inability to say the right thing which makes me feel as if early onset dementia has set in, the feeling that my nerve ending are 'bouncing', inability to reach orgasm - but plenty of hard work to get darn close but never achieving it...so FRUSTRATING!! Fidgety limbs. Seeing things as if in the '3rd person', as an example: doing a chore you may have before seen as an insurmountable task, but now you just do it with vim and it's not a problem. After it is done, it seems as if doing the task was all a dream and someone else did it - but not you. Totally weird. It doesn't help that I am also going through menopause, so hot flushes add to the oddness of behaviour, especially when you are for example in a bank and wish to speak to someone, you can appear to be a gibbering sweating idioit that at first glance could be drunk (I don't drink any alcohol at all).
I cry so easily nowadays - it's embarrassing - I am so easily upset and I don't know how to respond. It almost brings on a bizarre panic attack where I want to curl up and hide in some kind of box with no one around me.
I am beginning to think the payoff for the lessening of my pain, is some kind of dementia in a tablet, and I am wondering if the sleeping like a hibernating bear, the way my limbs suddenly 'bounce', the inability to find the right words, the visual effects - eyes darting about - and the inability to see what you are trying to find (which you could before) and all the other side effects are actually worth it.
I have had Fibromyalgia for many years, along with irritable bowel, a stomach hernia, oesophagitus, diabetes treated with insulin, diverticulitis, migraine, arthritis, failing ankle and knee joints, severe asthma, depression that I have since childhood (I think that is all). I am desperate to find a drug that stops the endless pain that reduces me to a crying wreck, incapable of functioning as a normal human being.
It would be good if it didn't have so many side effects - but it would have to be something that isn't 'quacky' and actually works and is proven to work.
Thanks to anyone for reading.

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I am a 33 yr old woman, with no prior, major illnesses, extremely fit, 174cm, 60 kg.

When i was first prescribed Lyrica (150 mg a day), along with the anti-depressant drug Deprax, i had just come out of 7 day detox clinic for addiction to Diazapam, Stilnox & Tranquimazin (the last 5 months prior to detox, all mixed with alcohol, being martini the drink of my choice).

The withdrawal symptoms from taking a cocktail of these 3 drugs, for a period of more than 3 yrs, up to 180mg a day to sleep were horrific. One of the main withdrawal syptoms for the first 6 weeks was pain; headches, joint aches, muscle aches, interior muscle ache like extremely rapid, frightening heart beat etc. For this pain, i now know that i was prescribed the drug Lyrica.

The withdrawal symptoms from the Benzos, were so acute at the beginning that i couldn't really tell you whether or not i had side effects from starting taking Lyrica to begin with, being as the symptoms mirror each other alot.

I have been taking Lyrica now for the last 3 months & after the initial first 6 weeks of treatment, i started taking only 25mg a day, at night, to help me sleep (all of this was monitored by my doctor). I have now not been taking lyrica for the last 9 days and yes, i have been experiencing the following withdrawal symptoms:

Weight gain; Even though i can't really say i'm eating more, my activity level before was very high, running with my dog in the mornings, 1 hour at the gym every day and a job where i was running around everywhere. At the moment, I am probably doing about half as much as i use to do & have gained over 3 kg in the last 6 weeks (the first 6 weeks don't count, as i was so sick from the Benzo withdrawal, that i didn't even want to eat). I have a constantly bloated stomach & feel swollen (esp. face) as if i am retaining water in a really bad way. At night time i can weigh between 63-64 kilos & then the next day go running in the morning and instantly drop 2 kilos. Very strange.

Diarrhea; I have been constipated (badly) all my life & suddenly i have diarrhea.

Nausea; feeling sick to my stomach - all day.

Neck Pain; My neck feels stiff and the pain runs from the back of my neck down into my shoulders.

Numbness in hands & feet: numbness in right hand more than left, difficulty clenching fingers and complete numbness in lower leg and feet, specially after running.

Blurred vision; resides throughout day and then gets a little worse at night.

Suicidal thoughts; Self explanatory.

Depression; depression is something i have experienced on days, but not this kind, the crying for 4 hours before going to sleep, escalating negative thoughts that start at i feel guilty because i haven't taken the dog out, to my parents are going to die. Depression med deprax doesn't help. Depersonalization thoughts are worse.

High anxiety level.

Headaches: Throughout the day.

Speech; I speak two languages fluently and at the moment i can't seem to speak either. Writing is ok though (i think). Simply can't find the words

Painfull lump under left arm which magically appeared after day 3 (have doc appointment today)

Painfull jaw and mouth as if i had been grinding my teeth non stop for 24 hours. Tension in my lower face.

Mouth, Teeth; Pain all day in my gums and teeth (my teeth have always been perfect, i look after them and don't have one single filling), sensitivity to cold or very hot drinks. Also my throat is tight like i am about to have a panic attack any moment (i have only had one panic attack in my entire life, 2 weeks after coming off the Benzos)

Prickly heat in chest and neck. sweating.

i would also like to add that for for the last 2 months i have been bleeding between periods ( making it every 15 days ). i don't think this is a withdrawal symptom from the Benzo's as in my first withdrawal month from them, my period came like it always has; like clockwork & after 28 days and that was probably the most traumatic month my body has ever experienced.

Fatigue; feeling like a crane couldn't pull me out of bed each morning (and this comes from someone who normally gets up at 6am to run with her dog every morning)

There are other symptoms that i am experiencing as well, but i can't be sure whether or not they are still due to the Benzo withdrawal or the lyrica withdrawal. With benzo withdrawal, the first thing i got were all the physical withdrawal symptoms with hardly any physcological symptoms like depression etc. The physclogical symptoms set in about 2 months after coming off then. Withdrawal symptoms from Lyrica have been the other way around; first i had the incessant crying, depression, not wanting anyone looking at me, suicidal thoughts etc, which have now eased up considerably (this saturday i went out and had a really good time, yesterday i felt up for walking the dog and socialising, etc) and i feel optimistic again, but the physical symptoms have got worse; i have not eaten all day today as i feel sick to my stomach, diarreah , difficulty urinating but frequently feeling the urge to do so etc.

I have tried to give as much information as possible here in my testimony as i really feel for anyone who is going through the same thing that i have been through, or that i am still going through. My heart really goes out to people who have severe depression or illnesses that can only be treated with drugs.

I can only say that i started taking Stilnox when i was 27 yrs old. I had a very stressfull job at the time and spent my time flying between europe and the states and basically the only thing that was wrong with me was that i was tired. Nevertheless, when i went to see my local doctor with what were clearly sleep deprivation and stress symptoms, instead of prescribing me with a natural remedy, she instantly prescribed 5mg of stilnox and waved me home. That was 6 years ago, & what started out as 5mg a day of Stilnox to help me sleep, slowly escalated to 180mg a day of a mixture of Diazapam, Stilnox & Tranquimazin, with alcohol and maybe some ephedra & redbull in the mornings to counter the effects of the night before's excessive dosage. After 3 months of living Benzo withdrawal hell, i now have Lyrica & Deprax withdrawal symptoms to look forward to.

The most important thing that i have learnt from this experience is that in the future i won't be taking any more drugs unless i am literally dying.

With world crisis and rising amounts of people suffering from depression and other stress related illnesses, its just cheaper for the government to hand out pills which put a temporary band aid on the problem and makes the population shut up and not complain.

My advice is that before taking any kind of prescribed drug, seriously ask your doctor "is this really necessary?" & "Is there anything else i can try before having to resort to drugs?"

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I started taking Lyrica in 2008 because I was concerned about the long-term effects of taking ultramER daily (liver failure) over long term. As a young mom to four small children being around when they get older was a real concern. Through this time I was also having huge problems in my marriage and began seeking a divorce (also another reason why I wanted to get off the narco). The side-effects caused by lyrica (somnelence, confusion mostly) subsequently caused huge issues in my ability to care for my children. Though I made herculean efforts to provide for their care my husband has effectively used the side-effects against me in court and has gained custody of my three youngest children. This drug is horrible. I stopped taking it after a year of trying to make it work, I am now taking Savella and am so far much more satisfied with it. I wish I had never heard of lyrica.

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Vickie I toldally understand what u mean when talkin on th phone its horriable 2pay bills I explain up fornt sorry I took some meds and an little confused please bare w/me its imbaressing when I hbave to keep askin them2repet themself so I can understand them I hate talkin2 people I feel stupied to when I'm talking and mix the whole sentance up I can't even thin.k how to spell simple words have the time thank god my 6yr old twins help remind me 2 eat because some times I forget its so scary what lyrica dose to people they need to take it off the market soon!

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I bet I could have a lawsuit between lyrica and cymbalta. For the effects of being on them and the effects of now being off of them. I only took them for 6 months, it was horrible. I am on facebook as Tonya Doyle and have the Texas Rangers as my image please add me to any groups or your page because I just cant do this alone anymore.

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How do the teeth loss problems begin? Yesterday my wife's back molar just broke off at the gum. Is there a treatment a dentist can do to stop the tooth loss? Or was this something different?

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My name is Dianne. When I first started taking Lyrica, I did not notice a huge change, but gradually, my pain level from Fibromyalgia did decrease and I felt like I had part of my life back. I was on it for about six months and my insurance company changed which meant I could no longer take Lyrica because I could not afford it myself. I had noticed some swelling of my major joints, but attributed it to arthritis. I was also on Cymbalta and for a while I thoutht things were better. The insurance company would not pay for Cymbalta either, or rather it was on such a high tier, like Lyrica, that I could not even afford the co-pay. The next year, my situation changed and I was able to pay the co-pay and went back on Lyrica because the first time was a good experience. BIG MISTAKE. 18 months later...I was confused, could not think of words to say, 28 pounds heavier, repeating things I had already said,and my major joints were so swollen, that I got a stress fracture in my left tibia just getting into my car! I have been off Lyrica for about a year and a half. My memory is still mess up, I have 14 cavities at the gum line and have lost one tooth at the gum line. I can't put a sentence together when I am talking and still can't think of specific words. I have lost 15 pounds. This drug is dangerous. When I talked with my doctor about it he defended it by not talking about the problems as if they were caused by Lyrica. I am discusted and frightened. I feel like a experiment gone wrong.

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I am an RN as well. I was assaulted at work by a patient on 4 occasions and had nerve pain and asked my doc to put me on lyrica. the worst med ever....As a single mom of 3 boys I totally isolated myself and almost became an agoraphobic. I was unable to even complete a sentence and lost memory from the day before. I weaned myself off it in 2 weeks and then saw my doc and was put on neurontin for my nerve pain but it was too late at that point and i ended up in a psych ward for the weekend due to confusion and was told i had bipolar and was put on heavy duty meds. I have been off it for over a year now and have come a long way since then. It has been almost like i have had to rehab myself into recovery. I totally related to your post I am finally now looking for work and hope you get better so you can be a nurse again...

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I am actually very glad I stopped by this forum. I have been on Lyrica for several years now for nerve damage and am experiencing some of these symptoms described by people on here. Especially what someone has described as a toothache in your legs. The thing that really gets me is the fact that Lyrica is a narcotic!
I was never told this by my doctor, and did not realize it until I ran out of it. the withdrawals are horrible. That is when I asked my pharmacist if it was a narcotic. I was suspicious after they started marking the bottle as "double counted". Now don't get me wrong, this med does work for me, better than gabapentin, which my body became immune to after several years. Now I am afraid that the Lyrica will do the same thing. I can tell you right now that if I were to have to go off of this, I would have to go through a rehab. I just hope that the drug company will stand by us through things like this.
Also, my teeth were bad before being on it, but I am loosing fillings all of a sudden and like most of us who have responded, we have no dental insurance!
Just wanted to share my thoughts. Bee

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I completely understand my dr told me it wasn't lyrica either lately things have turned worse my body goses numb I loose my voice&all feeling of my body its very scary. My family had2call 911 thought I had a stroke it happend 4 times went2er had 2cat scans and brain mri all came back fine. Not sure what's wrong I haven't takin lyrica in over a yr but sometimes still get that high feeling like 2night I felt high as a kite its scary I seen a lyrica drug rep@ my nerou drs&told him how bad of a drug it was he said sorry2 hear that then gave samples of lyrica2the drs office I just wanted2hit him I really hope the makers of lyrica pay for all the pain they have caused al of us.

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On June 30th, 2007, I was given the choice of resign or be fired. I had just come off a workman's comp accident which had lasted 5 days. Prior to that the hospital that I worked for had me on a six month probation with monthly evaluations because I could not be counted on to follow directions because I had taken myself off lyrica against my family doctor's orders. I was even seeing a physchogist towards the end in order to save my job as a Respiratory therapist. I was only on the drug a few weeks. So I went cold turkey, with my phone by my side, in case of any problems. A doctor I knew many years ago told me that would be best with any addictive drug if you have not been on it long. I came through but still lost my job. I was working 40 hours a week, making $25.00/H. I had planned to retire in 2016. The hospital could have found a job for me that did not involve patient care, but they just wanted me gone. _ still have memory lapses. Lyrica needs to be off the market, not all side effects were listed. That is false advertising. They need to be taken to court. I still do not trust my memory as to when certainevents occurred.

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This a post script to my earlier post. I was also a LPN. I worked for this hospital for 29 years and all of a sudden I was a danger. I loved my career, and that was the thanks I got for it, all because of a drug called lyrica

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I came across this site looking for a class action suit against the makers of Lyrica. I suffered a severe spinal trauma in 2008 after surgery I was put on Lyrica. I began having severe pain in my hands, swelling and electric shocks and twitching. I was sent to a hand dr. and was told I had carpal tunnel and needed surgery in both wrists. I kept putting off the surgery because I almost died in my back surgery and couldn't go through surgery again. I then began with blurry and double vision and twitching, jerking. I also began waking up in middle of the night in a panic. I had trouble concentrating & memory problems. I could barely speak and then I had sleep paralysis everytime I laid down or slept. I was put in hospital for brain monitoring and the Dr told the nurses not to help me out of sleep Paralysis & let me lie in bed trapped. I cried all the time I couldn't talk, see, walk,drive, think, or lie down without someone babysitting. I was was sent to NeuroPhys. who sat and berated me for an hr told me it was all in my head I left him suicidal and a month later received it in writing. I still have some double vision and I now have cataracts and panic attacks, cry alot on top of my original damage. This so-called NeuroPhys never even mentioned Lyrica might be causing the symptoms that were destroying my life and traumatized me himself. I would like to file a suit against him also. I haven't been the same since.

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I am in Canada so I am not sure if there is a lawsuit whether or not I could be part of it. I am still suffering from side effects due to taking Lyrica which I took for only a short while and have not touched in over 7 months. My hands are giving me the most problems. The joint pain and swelling is quite debillitating. It has been so frustrating to think medication that is supposed to help ease pain for those of us who suffer from nerve damage and chronic pain because of our initial issues only to end up even worse than we were before we ever took this drug. Lyrica is a HORRIBLE drug and from what I have read here it has caused so much suffering that really the people who are suffering should at least be entitled to financial compensation,

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