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About LYRICA

LYRICA (pronounced LEER-i-kah) is the first and only FDA approved treatment that can help relieve the pain associated with fibromyalgia and can help improve function.

As with any medicine there is safety information that should be considered. Please talk to your doctor and consult the Patient Prescribing Information for more details. How to Take LYRICA:

Take LYRICA exactly as prescribed. Your doctor may adjust your dose during treatment. Do not change your dose without talking to your doctor
Do not stop taking LYRICA suddenly without talking to your doctor. If you stop taking LYRICA suddenly, you may have headaches, nausea, diarrhea or trouble sleeping. Talk with your doctor about how to slowly stop LYRICA
LYRICA is usually taken 2 or 3 times a day, depending on your medical condition. Your doctor will tell you how much LYRICA to take and when to take it. Take LYRICA at the same times each day
LYRICA may be taken with or without food
If you miss a dose by a few hours, take it as soon as you remember. If it is close to your next dose, just take LYRICA at your next regular time. Do not take two doses at the same time
If you take too much LYRICA, call your doctor or poison control center or go to the nearest emergency room right away

For more information about LYRICA please see the Patient Product Information.

Additional information on LYRICA and fibromyalgia will be available on this site in the coming months. Please check back again or bookmark this site. You may also choose to register to receive information on LYRICA and fibromyalgia. We will be happy to send it to you as soon as it becomes available!

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thank you Bill for posting this for us I have fm and have tried to take lyrica but i had a reaction to it, it caused me to get more depressed then I already was so I had to stop taking it, but I am sure that it was just my luck and no one else that I have talked to hasn't had that kind of reaction to it.

big hugs and thank you again ringlady

HAVE A GREAT AND SAFE DAY !!!!!!

My husband has been prescribed this because of his restless legs. Should I stop giving him this medication he is a vietnan viet and suffers from pstd and already take enough medication for the depression . He is also a diabetic.

(((((Meatcuttersdaughter)))) I have heard of a couple of people that have taken lyrica with no problems, but that is always a person to person thing on if they may or many not react or be able to take it. As you can see Ringlady, did have a reaction to it that casued her more depression. In most cases this will not happen as it's in the same family as neurontion. Neurontin is a drug that is used to treat many thing, and it also treats anxiety and panic disorders. Lyrica also treats this. Is your husband experancing any unusaly depression, or sadness that should not be there since he has statred lyrica? Also keep in mind that other meds can react to other meds, I do not know what he is on. If you have any further questions ask your Dr or PharmX. Here is a little I found. Good luck let us know how you make out, and what you think. It seems to me to be a safe and good drug from what I have heard from others and from what I have read up on. All my love.

Butterfly~Janice

Common side effects were reported during clinical trials for patients taking Lyrica compared to placebo

5 - Lyrica may cause rare but potentially serious allergic reactions such as angioedema and hypersensitivity

6 - Lyrica may interact with other medications

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