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Reviewer: Lisa, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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My pain spread from my SI joint in low back to all over my body, hips, wrists, shoulders, hands and fingers. I’m miserable
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Reviewer: loner69, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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second day after taking this crap my arms and legs swelled up like tree trunks.stoped it immediately
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Reviewer: 45-54 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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This medication worked well while I was on it. However, after another recent MRI I was told that the neuropathy I was diagnosed with is not actually the issue. I have been weaning off the medication for 2 months. If you are thinking of going on the medication please, please, please, think about it. The side effects of weaning off this drug are absolutely horrific. I have been deathly ill for
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Reviewer: Angelina, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Caregiver)
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My mom is 68 years old and has had diabetes for most of her adult life. Maybe 10 years ago she began to experience diabetic neuropathy. She's been on the same dosage for several years. Today she was experiencing some severe pain that was not letting up. She decided to take another Lyrica to see if it would help. It did and I'm so thankful. It made her a little groggy at first but now her p
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Reviewer: Pattuit, 55-64 on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I have diabetic neuropathy and this stuff stops my foot pain almost immediately, much better than gabapentin did. I take 200mg 3x a day and it relieves about 95% of my extreme foot pain. Great Drug
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