Lyrica Lawsuit (Page 46)

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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Stewart - I was on lyrica for at least a couple of years I can't remember exactly how long. I had double vision and blurry vision and could barely speak or think. I twitched constantly and had horrible panic attacks and terrible nerve pain in arms and hands and sleep paralysis so bad that if I even lied still for a few minutes I couldn't move or speak at all. And I was suicidal! I saw every type of neuro doc I could and had every test done they recomended. I was told I might have MS and another said I had carpal tunnel and another said my MRI showed I had a dry brain but the procedure I would need to treat it couldn't be done because of the spinal injury and spinal surgery. I was also put into the seizure wing of the hospital to have my brain monitered and was put through hell with all kinds of quizzing to test my memory because I couldn't think anymore and was treated like I was crazy. After all of this the one Neuro sat me down and said I was crazy and that I had made everything up. I guess he didn't believe me when I said I was suicidal because he yelled at me for 15 minutes and then sent me home. I still had no idea what was wrong with me and had lost all hope on ever finding out what. I found a new dr. he weaned me off lyrica within a month and recomended me to a psych for panic attacks. The drug was making me suicidal as soon as it was of my system it became so obvious why I was losing my mind. Find a dr who can wean you off of it safely because it will get better.

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Hi Renne and Nick,

Thank you ever so much for taking the time to help me. You truly are wonderful people. The suicidal thoughts are getting worse and I cannot seem to find a doctor to help. I have not seen a pdoc for about 5 years. My GP is keeping me on the Lyrica but he is no specialist. I'm fine most of the time then its like a switch, I call it the Lyrica suicide switch, where I must find a way to kill myself immediately. This is fleeting thought, just its getting more and more intense. I have my own safety techniques I try to use until the thoughts pass. But these are also loosing weight. Why doesn't Pfzier have a taper plan? Its ridiculous how much money they have made on Lyrica, we are talking billions. Im not really sure what to do as I have very little support.

Thank you all for your kind words and I am sending some of my love to you all and your families.

Kind regards

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Hi Stewart , thank God you are still alive , nice to hear from you and thank you for your comment , the unfortunate thing about Lyrica is that until your GP receives an official warning about this drug he will not act on it , that warning will eventually come from some over paid professional suave in a university after 10 years of exhaustive research and many millions of dollars, who will then proclaim what we already know, .you will need to tell your GP you need a change and then wean down very slowly at about a 2.5 mg increments holding every decrease at the same level for about 4 to eight weeks depending on your individual result , when you finally get down to 2.5mg , hold it for a couple of weeks before stopping, CAUTION , you may and probably will need a substitute Anxiety , Depression type of medication to take up the slack , if you are able to , a good work out on a bicycle or a brisk walk will help your brain produce endorphin's that will help you feel a bit better , also ensure you are drinking plenty of fresh water and that your diet is free from white bread , white rice , white spaghetti and sugar , substitute all of these for wholemeal products and for sugar honey , make sure you have plenty of fruits and vegetables .best wishes , stay in touch ..

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This is my channel dedicated to the pharmaceutical hell I am trapped in

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Hi Mary , i am very concerned about the forever part of lyrica side effects , a drug that produces side effect long after ceasing the medication or even forever must actually cause brain damage at the cellular level , is there any one out there who has taken Lyrica for a time and completely recovered 100% ? i would like to hear there story if they exist .

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Hi Nick,

Am having a rough time with this awful drug, pdoc won't or can't do -2.5mg increments. If you search youtube for Lyrica Hell . There are some interesting videos.

Kind regards


Stew

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Hi I'm trying to get off of lyrica but I'm too scared now idk what to do I have lost my vision almost to being legally blind n I'm noticing that I'm possibly addicted now

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Stewart - I am so sorry you are not getting any help. Please have your GP give you some references for pain docs and find one you feel you trust. When I did my new doc had me completely weaned off in a month but everyone is different. My pain doc is wonderful but he has a policy of only changing one med at a time and he referred me to a psych who helped me with my panic attacks and the chronic nightmares. I was seeing every so called top doc in Philly and ended up finding the one that helped me with lyrica in a South Jersey teaching hospital. Please - keep working on finding someone who will help you off of this. Let me know how you make out - Renee

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I had complete paralysis for 3 days and was in ICU on a heart monitor. Talked to lawyers say that it is to rare and no class action. for one person to expensive and timely.

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I'm too afraid to stop..... Lyrics has put me in its prison!!!! Only the people trying to get off lyrics can understand what a dark place it puts you in.
tell me who is responsible
tell me how I can me free

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Sumaiya- Sorry if I misspelled. Were you on a drug called elavil or generic amitripilyn at the same time you were on lyrica. I had sleep paralysis which I read was from the combination of lyrica and elavil.

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Missy - The easiest way to get off of the drug is to lower the dosage gradually and times a day gradually. When you stopped cold turkey the withdrawal is horrible. Most likely when your doctor started you on it he raised the mg's a little bit at a time because it is addictive. I was able to be completely off of it in a month and my head started to clear. I was on a low dosage because I couldn't tolerate a high dosage so I might have gotten off of it quicker than others. Talk to your doctor about weaning you off as soon as you can. The drugs prescribed to us should make our lives better - not make us want to stop living.

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no. just lyrica.

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I have been on Lyrica for several years. It has helped the neuropathic pain, but I have developed occasional uncontrollable jerking, blurred vision, difficulty finding the correct words when speaking, and many dental problems. I am currently taking 600 mg per day but reading some of these posts is incredibly scary! Does anyone know if bone damage is limited to teeth or is it found throughout the skeletal system. I really thought I was just imagining these things all of this time. I have not developed suicidal thoughts, but I struggle with some OCD tendencies that I never had before. That may just be me getting older. To all of you who are struggling with this, please hang in there! You are important to those around you.

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Missy,
It is a couple weeks of pure hell, but it is worth it in the long run. I had to go cold turkey because it caused me to go into kidney failure. My Dr put me on Viibyrd and xanax 3times a day. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat. I didn't care if I just never woke up. It is like nothing I have been through in my life. Then one day at a time it got easier. Still have side effects that will probably never go away. I'm constantly on pain meds now. I have pain caused from the nerve damage that happened because of Lyrica. Every Dr I meet I educate on the true side effects of lyrica. d

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Lisa f , i hope every doctor you are educating is making a record and reporting your findings , i have not heard of any one who has had Lyrica , had a good positive result and come of it unharmed , if so i would like them to speak up . Lyrica also seems to act as a dumbing down drug as it damages memory and the ability of higher mental function such as the ability to handle complex mathematics , i am wondering if this has anything to do with UN Agenda 21 which the USA is a signatory to . Agenda 21 said educated people earn more money therefore cause more environmental damage so a dumbing down of the education system was necessary, don't take my word for it , it can be down loaded and studied , but you have to read right into the guts of it .

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A lot of people who have had these side effects & have gone through the awful withdrawal process...or are going through it.

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I took this stuff for two months. I took myself off of it. In two months it put 20 lbs on me. It took my hair out. It gave me blurred vision I had 20/20 vision. That was 7 years ago and my vision is still bad. I have to wear bifocals now. So I can sympathize with all of you about Lyrica. Wish you all the best and better health..

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