Lyrica Lawsuit (Page 60) (Top voted first)

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'm not positive about any confirmed class-action suits against Pfizer for Lyrica. As you probably all know, Lyrica is a "chemical cousin" to Neurontin (gabapentin). Lyrica's generic name is pregablin. Both of these chemicals are similar to GABA, a naturally occurring neurotransmitter that functions primarily to promote relaxation of the central nervous system. The class of drugs known as benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Klonopin, etc.) work by attaching to specific receptor sites in the brain and "enhancing" the effects of GABA. Research shows that neither Lyrica nor Neurontin bind to the GABA sites. Still, how they work is anybody's guess. But, it seems logical to me that if you start adding GABA-like chemicals that are capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, the brain is going to respond as if there were more GABA. GABA is a wonderful neurotransmitter; but no one knows what excessive amounts of GABA or GABA-like chemicals can do. Additional sedation, clumsiness, and possible depressive symptoms are caused by many sedative drugs. Why wouldn't pouring in chemicals like GABA work the same way?

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Pfizerdude , Fact Lyrica was originally designed for epilepsy treatment and has absolutely nothing to do with GABA , Lyrica works by interfering with the voltage dependent calcium channels in the brain that are essential for higher thinking and i strongly suspect that Lyrica permanently damages them .

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I cannot find them either

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I would like to also Thank you Pfizerdude. Is so hard to get information let alone someone putting it in "layman" terms. Since you've been so helpful, do you have any experience dealing with the side effects that Lyrica that we're having? I'm sure you've read these post so I won't restate them. We are all at a loss; we are experiencing horrible side affects and there doesn't seem to be anything we can do about it. I'm sure Pfizer won't own up to any responsibility without a lawsuit being filed and legal representation. And those of us experiencing these side affects do not have the money to take on Phizer. Unless we can find legal representation that is capable of such a law suit with contingency, I don't see any resolution. And as I've stated before, it's my opinion that Phizer is counting on us not having the mental facilities needed to even to explain what Lyrica has done to us.

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My dad had broke hos back and was in severe pain all the time 5 mos ago or so he was put on lyrica. He commited suicide on nov 10. If your on this drug get off it now!

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I hate to tell you but the FDA in the States one the biggest class action suit in the history of Pfizer for improper marketing of Lyrica. As stated it was approved by the FDA for treatment of epileptic seizures. They did not do the proper clinical trials etc when they started marketing for pain management especially those with fibro myalgia. Check out August 2013 Business Week as the article and the scandal of Lyrica and then under the generic term of Cogabapentin.

Get your facts straight before you post B... Sh..!!!!!!!!

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Cogabapentin is a GENERIC form of Neurontin, and is not Lyrica at all. I suggest YOU get your facts straight.

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Where in the world did you get the idea that CO gabapentin is LYRICA? Lyrica is known generically as pregabalin. Neurontin is known generically as gabapentin. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Who is posting BS? The person that has equated CO gabapentin with Lyrica. Got to watch these boards 24/7 or some moron will come on and post erroneous info.

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As far as I can see, Gabapentin is a form of Lyrica? Not "Co..."

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Gabapentin is the generlc name for Pfizer's brand name of NEURONTIN. CO Gabapentin is just what one generic drug company calls its version; kind of like how one company calls its version of Wellbutrin Budeprion.

Lyrica's generic name is PREGABALIN. Generic pregabalin is not available. Pfizer still has the patent and the drug is available under the brand-name Lyrica.

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They just started the whole diabetic nerve pain and Lyrica which is scary considering your hands and feet swell severely while taking lyrica and lyrica causes severe nerve pain. I am not sure how the swelling of your hands and feet helps people with diabetes. They are just marketing it to a whole new group of patients or guinea pigs

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Hi Nick,
I'm also from Queensland and am looking for others, like you, who have suffered because of Lyrica. It's a dangerous and life-altering drug. I'm looking into getting a class action started and am trying to enlist as many people as possible. These drug companies must be stopped. Lyrica cost me my marriage because of the extreme personality changes I went through. I'm back to my calm self now but it's too late to save my marriage. I've developed heart damage and have slowed blood flow in three lobes of my brain...early signs of dementia, they say. I'll fight it on all levels with everything I've got. I'm not sure if we're supposed to post our email addresses here...but I can't think of any other way to get in touch with people like yourself. (My thinking processes have been affected, definitely!)

So my email address is: {edited for privacy}
Hope to hear from you and your wife soon.

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Hi Claire,
I've just done some quick research on lawsuits against drug companies in Australia, and it seems they do sometimes take place. Millions of dollars have been awarded to Australian victims of thalidomide, and in another case I discovered that an Australian Law firm actually joined a US class action on behalf of one of its clients. I'll continue to follow this up. We tend to be quite uninformed in Australia - that's the way they like to keep us, but the information is out there if we dig deeply enough. I'll keep you posted.

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Pzifer was "taken to task" while Neurontin (gabapentin) was still a brand-name only drug. Drug reps were actively marketing reps in the US were trying to convince docs to prescribe Neurontin for "off-label" uses. An off-label is is prescribing the drug for any reason that the drug is NOT FDA-approved for. Pfizer went so far as to put print ads in medical journals encouraging off-label use by citing studies that suggested Neurontin was useful in non-approved conditions. It's legal for a doctor to Rx a drug for "off-lablel" reasons; for example, a doctor can prescribe Valium for tension headaches even though Valium has never been approved for this reason. It is NOT legal for a drug company to promote usage of a drug for off-label uses, though. At one time, Neurontin was promoted by the company for use in bipolar disorder. Not only does Neurontin lack approval for bipolar disorder, it isn't even effective. Pfizer settled the majority of its Neurontin lawsuits out of court. The company has been much more subtle with Lyrica - they have pretty much refrained from promoting off-label use of Lyrica. A class-action lawsuit against Pfizer may work; but likely wouldn't. The company was too careful. That being said, people who were prescribed Lyrica for off-label uses could sue their doctors - especially if they weren't told that they were receiving Lyrica for a non-approved use.

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Good work Melinda. I'm on the Gold Coast. Let me know if there is anything I can do.

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I found something that may help those of us in the U.S. "Rottenstein Law Group, N.Y."

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Thanks Shayne. I'll definitely follow this up and be in touch with you. I'm waiting to hear from a US lawyer I emailed yesterday. The initial consult is free so at least I'll soon be armed with more information than I have at this time. I'll start getting a register together of fellow Australians who have suffered from Lyrica.

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Has anyone contacted Pfizer directly?

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I imagine there's no explanation for what they mean by having legal representation soon due to statute of limitations? I'd best add it to my list of things to research. I realize it means we have a certain time frame within which we must make our complaints, but just what that limit is with regard to the problem of Lyrica, I don't know.

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