Lyrica for sciatic nerve pain

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I was on Lyrica for quite a while for nerve pain (I've tried a lot of different meds.) I was like duckandcover's wife. I couldn't make the connect from my brain to my mouth. I slurred words, I had trouble word finding, and I sounded drunk. I hated it. No one ever told me there would be withdrawals, and I don't think I experienced any, but I did have the oxycodone so maybe that covered the withdrawals. I hated what Lyrica did to me. It did help my nerve pain a little bit though.

That doesn't mean that everyone has the same experience and that it is a bad drug. With any type of nerve pain med from Lyrica, Neurontin, or Cymbalta...there are many ways to keep from gaining weight on it. This med makes people crave salt, sugars, and carbs...So it's very important to watch what you (collective you) eat on this med. As well as make sure you stay away from caffeine, soft drinks (any kind sugar or not) and drink plenty of water each day to flush the system.

2) Has anyone experienced nerve pain following a back surgery that was just as bad as the nerve pain that resulted from the herniated disk that resulted in the surgery? 3) If the Lyrica works for a little while but then becomes less effective over time like the Neurtontin, has anyone found a supplemental drug that when added to the drug regiman takes care of the residual pain? 4) Any other suggestions that help with the pain?

I've had chronic sciatic pain and numbness progressively worsening. My left foot and back of my left leg are constantly in severe pain and numb to the touch. I've been on Neurontin and Lyrica at high doses, neither working. The only thing that seems to lessen the pain and let me relax a little is narcotic based pain relievers in higher doses. (Hydrocodone 10mg) 3x a day - 2 pills at a time.

I am currently trying to detox off of the narcotics for the first time which is no picnic. I still take Lyrica for nerve pain which has been a lifesaver drug for me, and valium at night for spasms as needed. I guess I wanted to share my story with you because I really really believe that if you have the RIGHT team you can better yourself through exercise. I still see my pain management doc, chiro, PT and spine doctor on a regular basis and they all know each other now.

All of the medications I just listed reduces inflammation so that the nerve isn't as irritated, and thus, brings about a reduction in nerve pain or sciatica. Every morning when I wake up, I have intense nerve pain shooting down through my buttocks and down my legs. I have to take two Aleve, two 300 mg capsules of Gabapentin, and a 10 mg oxycodone (which is on top of the fentanyl patch that I wear) just to be able to walk and go about my day.

Treatment for neuropathic pain (pain coming from nerves) includes neurontin and lyrica, and medications such as elavil (which is an antidepressant but has actually been found to be helpful with neuropathic pain as well). Why did you not tolerate the neurontin? An injection of lidocaine and steroid may not help. It depends on the etiology of the pain. I agree you should continue to follow up with your neurologist.

My mother has pain in her left calf and buttocks area due to sciatic nerve. She is on Neurotin and it was suggested for her to have a cortizone injection in her spine(pain management). We would like to know if this is something that an 85 yr old woman should consider having, what the risks are and if it's successful in relieving her pain. She is also diabetic and we would like to know if this injection will affect her sugar.

Oh, my but I don't want to ever have a back surgery again! Am going for my post op visit on Friday, having spine x-ray, then am seeing the doctor at the pain clinic. I will be having my third "lidocaine challenge" test, where they put in an IV and give you lidocaine along with saline to see if it stops the pain. They have a pill form of the medication will they will give you if you "pass" the tests.

can anyone help please, I am a 41 year old female, I had a car accident in 2006, which left me with herniated discs in both neck and back. I have constant sciatic pain in left arm and leg, and also pain in lower back, and pain in left side rear rib area, i am on a mixture of medications which do not relieve this pain at all.

I know what you mean about the firelike feeling of nerve pain. Unfortunately, there are no good medications on the market yet for this. That's why they have been prescribing off-label use of medications for Epilepsy like neurontin/gabapentin etc. etc. There doesn't seem to be any real good research on the use of this class of drugs for this nerve problem either. Some people do get some relief, but from what I know most patients can't tolerate the side effects of these drugs.

With kidney problems, fatty liver, diabetes, and bipolar disease, what can my brother-in-law take for severe nerve pain in his legs? His PCP believes it's sciatica from his spine problems, although I'm sure the diabetes is also a likely culprit. Is there any medication he can take for the severe pain he's in?

Ive been told that I have a pinched sciatic nerve. Ive done physical therapy and just got started on Lyrica, a muscle relaxer, and an anti-inflammatory. Its been 5 months and the doc out in california didn't do squat for me! I moved home out of state and I'm just now getting into an MRI! The doc in cali never got me an MRI and I bugged him about it every appointment. Nothing has truly helped with my pain...what could I do for treatment? I know nerve and back injuries are no fun to deal with.

till this day* and it was a pinched nerve from a herniated l5/s1 disc i got surgery on

hi i am suppose to start taking lyrica for my sciatic nerve and was wondering has anyone gained weight from it?

I am new to this lower back and sciatic pain of about 3 months. I thought my pain was just a pinched nerve caused by tight muscles. I tried to stretch and loosen and "pop" my back, which turned out to be a bad thing to do. Finally I asked a chiropractor and he said if I had addressed it earlier correctly it might have gone away. But he suggested simply arching my back in over-exagerated posture and taking some ibuprofen.

Not only wanting off all these medication keep my anxiety level high but being away from my wife and children has its toll on me also.I do have back pain in the form of sciatic nerve pain but I can't tell whats real and whats in my head and I have to work and my back is used quite often in my line of work.If I didn't owe so much on credit cards I would do the MDS Rapid Detox.Too bad neither of my Insurances will cover this or partially.

Cymbalta actually worked for me after I had a major back surgery...i had alot of nerve damage in my sciatic and the cymbalta helped me while they were doing procedures to ease the nerve pain such as epidurals and rfas...however getting off of it was not the easiest thing I ever had to do...my dr lowered the dose and got me off of it safely but I was still going through some moderate withdrawals like shaking and nausea but they only lasted a few weeks and I was fine afterward...

Im having muscle spasms going up my back and a stabbing pain going down where my sciatic nerve is all the way down my butt to my leg. They tried to put me on Flexeril and Ultram, but that didn't work for the pain, it just put me to sleep. I am now trying out two different medications, Skelaxin and Lyrica. Skelaxin didn't take away my pain from the surgery, but relieved me of some soreness from sleeping on my shoulder weird. The lyrica made me extremly dizzy and gave me a extreme high feeling.

I also have nerve pain. My hands and feet are numb and hurt. I take Lyrica and don't swell up unless I don't drink enough water or eat too much salty food. It helps a lot! I found that starting with a low dose and building up gradually was better than jumping right into a full dose. I take 50 mg Lyrica and valium (2.5mg) before I go to bed and sleep well. It knocks me out and deals with the pain at the same time.

For the last six weeks I have this very severe shock like nerve pain in my left ankle right below the bone,some times it so severe that it makes me week, I have been to numerous dr`s had x-rays ,mri`s with and without dye.I had nerve tests & shock like tests and no one seems to be able to help me. If you or anyone out there could shed some light on this very mysterious problem I would be so grateful!

x-rays and a bone scan showed there was nothing causing the pain related to the femur bone or the replacement hip. They have suggested nerve pain. I have had sciatic pain before many years ago and it seamed to be diferant, in the back of the leg and radiating down from the back. this pain seams to be in front side of the thigh area right about where the bottom of the replacement joint would be in the femur, wich is why I had the replacement checked out.

I think you'll find that he/she will be much more open to prescribing something else. Lyrica is a very effect a tempering nerve nerve but it isn't effect for everyone. There are also other meds that may work better for you in that family. It may be the combination rather than any one drug that is just not working for you. I am very sorry to hear that you may be facing more surgery. My heart goes out to you. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing.

I have been on neurontin for years for sciatic nerve pain and it works very good, however I also have fibromyalgia and have been recently told I should be taking Lyrica for this.as it will also help with the muscle pain in the legs....aren't both these drugs similar? and both for neuropatic pain? If so who has experience with both?

I think maybe the head and face tingling may be anxiety related in the research I have done and this may be caused by my stress from the shoulder pain and sciatic nerve pain I've been having. Or maybe the anxiety medication. Again, I'm not sure, but I plan on continuing to see doctors and I'm adiment and am going to be persistent in learning about what is wrong with me because I'm sick of suffering and like anyone I have the fear of maybe there is something seriously wrong with me.

MRI showed l5/S1 large disc protusion compromising sciatic nerve root. At present pain has diminished from severe to low with bed rest and some medication - Methycoval 500, Dolonex DT, Lyrica 75. Recently there is numbness in right leg and some parts of foot ( needle and pins). What could be a possible reason and what possible treatment is recommended?

my dad had a pinched sciatic nerve it caused him pain from his toes to his lower back, if he moved wrong or dropped something on his foot banged his shin eventually the doctors gave him pain meds for it and it did go away it does spring up every now and then but if you know it is pinched the pain is probably caused by the sciatic nerve i'd have a doctor look at it

Do you have any suggestions for other meds or treatments for nerve pain? Failed Lyrica and depression meds did not touch nerve pain. Physical therapy, tens, muscle stim made nerve pain worse. Meditation, imagery, hypnosis, biofeedback, healers, pain management/emotional counselor was helpful emotionally but did not help with physical nerve pain.

Lyrica is for nerve pain,percocet and other pain meds usually wont help nerve pain.

Typically, radiating pain from the lower back to the buttocks and down the legs is due to a nerve ending compression from a bulging or ruptured disc. Usually, the nerve that is compressed is the sciatic nerve. Given that your MRI did not detect any disc changes in your low back, I do not know what else could be causing your low back pain, especially the radiating pain.

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