lyrica and opiates

Hey ppl i joined this site to get some advice on kicking this nightmare addiction to opiates.My gf and I are on day one and my father for just happend to give me Lyrica today my withdrawls have kicked in and the sweats and muscle cramping are brutal but the Lyrica is amazingly eliminating my withdrawls and im high as fk feels kinda strange but no withdrawls now no pain.

m not really detoxing from opiates at all. I just want to know that lyrica,triazolam and opiates are all completly diffrent drugs and by me taken lyrica and triazolam isn't affecting my detoxing from opiates. Please someone answer this with some facts/truth. If they do have the same substances I want to quit taking them so I can be positively getting off hydrocodien (opiates). Please give me some facts and reply's and god bless you!!

s relatively new and has a host of side effects including severe depression and increased risk of suicide. Does not sound like a good time to me. I would steer clear. Good luck to you.

Dear Emjai, I would like to add a comment about Lyrica. The dose you took is probably nowhere near enough. I had sharp pain in lumbar spine, wrecked up my whole back in a car wreck, and opiates didn't touch it, but Lyrica at 75mg bedtime stopped the pain overnight. But the way that drug works is, it has to be increased about four-fold in the first several months, your doc should already know this, until you reach a plateau of comfort in your dose and schedule.

Hello Papagarv1, Welcome. Sorry I am late in responding to your question. You've asked for no judgement - you won't get that from me. Very sadly ppl in chronic pain have been driven to all kinds sources to treat it. I don't condone buying opiates off the street, especially such a complex med like Methadone. Her risks are very very high! Please do your research. My concern is for her physical safety. Now I'll shut up and answer your question.

You can take Lyrica with Methadone and be fine BUT you should not take the Lyrica within 4 hrs after the Methadone because of resp distress.

t want to be taken lyrica and then when the opiate withdrawals are better/gone and I decide to quit taking the lyrica the opiate withdrawals come back and it's like opiate withdrawals all over again (like day 1). I know lyrica isn't a narcotic and isn't a big habit former unless it's really abused, but I just want to know that lyrica and hydrocodien have none of the same ingredients or substances and it won't be like me still taking the hydrocodien??

AND HE SAID IF WE CANT FIND OUT SOMETHING TO HELP I REALLY THINK A MRI IS THE BEST THING I THINK HE SAID.I WAS OK .WELL, I TAKE FLEXRIL 10MG AND LYRICA I AM DOING 50MG NOW JUST TO SEE BUT I HAVE NOTICED LYRICA IS MESSING WITH MY PANIC ATTACKS.I DONT KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN.BUT FLEXRIL NO OTHER PAIN MED TAKES IT AWAY ANY UNLESS IT'S LYRICA.IT HELPS.HE DID LET ME KNOW ALOT OF DR DONT BELIEVE IT I SAID HOW WELL DO I KNOW DR.NOW I HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN 1 WEEK AGO.

I am almost 7 years clean and sober from alcohol, prescription opiates and benzos. I am diabetic and have been prescribed Lyrica for nerve pain. I am hearing contradictory opinions about the safety of Lyrica in a recovering addict. I would rather live with the pain than relapse. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Well its day 26 and I still have 12 Suboxone left and 4 Lyrica. I did good on one and poorly on the other.I am rather proud of myself and I read your post and experiences on ways to taper since my doctor doesn't care.My question is which should I try hardest to kick 1st? I see my doctor in 2 days and wonder what my next plan is and I am willing to do everything to beat this once and for all. I write down information, daily vitamins to take, I joined a gym.

i took them along side lyrica and requip and clonazapam and diazapam but they dont mix well with some drugs make you tired.

I have used Lyrica (pregabalin) for 3 months so far and it works for my thoracic back pain and neck pain. Lyrica is an anti-convulsant. Before trying it, or one of the other anti-convulsants (eg gabapentin, carbamazepine, etc), get your doc to check your blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney and liver function, weight, blood cell shape and white cell count. That gives you a solid baseline for comparing against later on, ie when on the medication.

I am now on lyrica and opiates..I also have facet joint arthritis and having radiofrequency ablation for sacral lower back area helped some of my nerve issues.. Some people get relief with capsicum...a prescription lotion..that causes burning sensation which subsides with use and helps nerve pain... Taking alpha lipoic acid, thiamine, B6 and B12 helps some people also Don't mean to write a book.... In my honest opinion....

I managed to get off them by swapping to a medication called Lyrica, i have also read stories of people having great success while taking Lyrica and its older weaker version Gabapentin, these drugs where originally designed to help suffers of seizures but have been found to be very helpful for many other things.

Has anyone been prescribed lyrica? I have, and have had great results with it for nerve pain in my right arm and hand. Opinions, please. My two other posts with more description vanished, so I will leave with this lol.

d had for years, it hurt so much it used to take me quite a while just to get out of bed, and for me, the day after I took my first Lyrica pill, I felt no pain and got out of bed easily! Let us know what happens, if you have time.

With all I'm going through my worst or most annoying symptom is pain. In reading about ms (I'm still undiagnosed) It wasn't thought of as a painful condition. But I am dealing with worsening pain. Mostly in my feet and legs.I'm wondering in everyone's personal opinion What is more helpful? I've been prescribed opiates but I'm afraid of dependency and feel you build tolerance to them.

Neurontin, Lyrica for the nerve pain, and Baclophen or Flexeril for the muscle spasms. Hope this helps.

The first time this happened I took Lyrica and Norco and it really helped with the pain and allowed me to sleep a little bit. Now this time Im trying the Lyrica by itself and Im not getting near the relief I did last time. I just had an MRI last week and they found that I have disherniation(protrusion) of L5S1disc that they think could be the cause of my nerve pain.

I've been on Lyrica for several years do to nerve pain, and the withdrawal when I've gone off is brutal.

Well, Lyrica helped my back pain, but my pain was in one place and didn't run down my leg. One thing that should be checked by a doc is how his circulatory system is doing down in his thigh, to make sure he hasn't got a clot going or something that is blocking the blood from getting down in there right, cuz it can hurt real bad, too.

Well she weighed 125lbs when she started and 15 months later she weighs 197lb and likes the Lyrica for her pain but is now having severe joint pain , etc from the weight gain. I already have a metabolic disorder and cannot gain weight. Its very, very hard for me to lose weight. Anyway, I know it can cause vision problems, can make you high at times, bad headaches, etc.

I was looking for an alternative and discovered Lyrica, but then I saw the warning about addictive behavior. I don't want anything that will cause that feeling to return ever again. Are there any fellow addicts out there who have had experience with Lyrica?

I was put on lyrica and only in the last month and a half started abusing it. I was taking up to 9-10 150mg pills a day. So I stopped cold turkey. My last pill was Saturday morning. Since yesterday I have been having this sensation all over my body that feels like I am being poked by a needle or like a pin prick sensation. Has anyone come off lyrica before and had this happen?

You need a lot more neurotin to equal Lyrica. It is similar but neurotin is much weaker than Lyrica and you have to take a ton to have the same effect. I preferred Lyrica but it was too expensive. I have learned that all of these drugs have withdrawals however we don't abuse them like opiates.

I take Remeron for depression and Lyrica for the fibro pain. I could not sleep at night until I started the Lyrica and now I sleep right through. I wonder if it is the Cymbalta affecting your sleep.

I have found that some medication is easy to stop while others are difficult. Different people may have problems with different medications to others, so unfortunately there isn't much in the way of general advice that may be given. I have quit tramadol a couple of times, each after a few months of use, and I had classic withdrawal symptoms of fever/chills, aching joints and feeling generally out of sorts. Then again, that was only for a few (unpleasant) days.

s specifically for getting off opiates and I think it helps with pain a little too but I would try the lyrica first and see if that works. Hope this was helpful for you and good luck. Oh yeah don't get in methadone that's terrible for your body and at least for me when I got off methadone it was by far the worst withdrawal I've ever experienced. Good luck to you though.

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