Then you best do a LOT of research before you or any one you know take it. It has a whopping 50% sided effect failure rate.
It is an anti-seizure drug, they broadened it for Fibromyalgia patients not to long ago. Hope you like your hair falling out, if you have ‘arthur’ your joints will hurt terribly and you will GAIN WEIGHT. These are just a few of the ‘nice’ side effects of this nasty drug. This is it’s older sister drug
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/gabapentin-side-effects.html
Go back a few pages to the blogs and see what the patients are saying...not pretty.
My experience with it was terrible pain, as was my son’s. 50mg dose.
Other folks tolerate the side effects. I can’t.
The gal that wrote the articles talks about some of the side effects her friend(s) have had with it.
But..if there is no other solution to the nerve pain from spinal injuries..anything would probably be welcomed.
Another site on side effects, reported to Medwatch Jan 2004-Sept 2009
http://lamplightersoftware.com/dsm.php
put Lyrica in the search box
Pregabalin Reported By
Adverse Reaction Cases MD CN OT PH LW NR
Suicidal Ideations 135 57 54 27 3 0 28
Attempted Suicides 41 21 11 8 3 0 19
Completed Suicides 18 15 1 3 0 0 9
Deaths Not From Suicide 335 290 87 61 28 0 72
Homicidal Ideations 13 6 5 1 0 0 2
Homicides 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hypomania/Mania 39 29 5 10 2 0 6
Heart Disease 350 250 62 60 32 1 72
Movement Disorders 1,283 567 467 193 100 5 377
Birth Defects 22 10 7 3 2 0 7
Premature Births 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Prenatal/Neonatal Deaths 24 14 13 7 0 0 2