lyrica cost per pill

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If you have no drug coverage Lyrica will cost you about $350.00/mn. That for 3 tabs of 100mg/day ouch! Our FDA (food and drug association) is why. I have gotten my meds through Canada and they are so much cheaper. With the laws in place now here in the good ol' US of A it is being considered a narcotic. So you can't get Lyrica through the mail just like pain meds. The meds I got through Canada funny (well not real funny) most came from England or India.

I was taking my Oxy on schedule, but cut down my MSC from 3x to 2x per day and my Lyrica to 2 per day to 1 1/2 per day. I will contact my Drs office and leave them a message for Monday. Thank you for the advice.

I started Lyrica in Nov. O7'. I felt horrible for a long time. I went slowly. One pill a week, until I reached 150mg. I hurt all that time. After I had that 150mg ( not much) I started feeling better. It took so long.....more than a month. Finally, I did feel better. I did have breakthrough pain, nothing like I had before, but stabbing here and there. I still do! My Rhemy asked me to up my dose. I refused, as I had sides that put me asleep so often...

Do any of yo take Lyrica for pain ? And how much do you take? Is it working at all for you?

My Neuro put me on Neurontin in November 2007, first 100 mg (supposed to be 3x a day but I could only handle it 2x day), then working up to 300mg in January when I was still experiencing very annoying sensations. The last two months or so I have noticed I am very tired... sleepy... foggy and groggy. I was still only taking it twice a day. Told my doc there was just no way I could take it at mid day and still function at work.

Toolmaker, I understand about the cost. I picked up a one month supply and it cost me 206 dollars. Ouch! I am hoping that it works with the pain, but praying that I do not gain any weight. I have always been thin and honestly I'm a little scared to put on any extra pounds. Thanks for your input, and I hope you are are doing well!

If given a choice without cost factors pros and cons of Gabapentin versus Lyrica for long standing neuopathy pain in my back, legs and feet from surgery over 10 years ago...Any advise appreciated..

I saw this yesterday, printed it out and have read it several times. And I'll probably have to read it several more before I can completely wrap my head around it. The good news, as I see it, is the clarity it brings to the subject of actual cost of new medications to payers. "The $1000 dollar pill" or the "$1125 pill" has gotten so much play in the media. (Doctors aren't immune to this nor are many who work in the insurance industry.

I was just wondering if anyone else has had any side effects with Lyrica. My Dr. increased mine to 200 mgs. Last night was the first time I've taken the new dose. I couldn't wake up this a.m. I would open my eyes and couldn't keep them open and feel back asleep. Finally when I saw that it was 2:30 I panicked and had to absolutely force myself to get up.

What I was wondering was whether there is any difference in effectiveness in taking 1200 mg, 3x per day - VS - 900 mg, 4x per day? 4x per day is tricker given that is every 6 hours and may interfered with sleep, having to wake extra early to take a dose. But I wondered given the short half-life of this med, if taking the same overall daily dose but more frequently would make any difference? Has anyone experimented with this? Any advice on how to proceed?

Sorry I don't have Kaiser health insurance, maybe someone else here does, but those prices sound about right. Those are your "co-pay costs", the "actual cost" is thousands of dollars per month as you have heard. I had Blue Cross of California during treatment and my co-pay cost were similar to the prices you quoted.

6 grams per day. I had some left over gabapentin which is a sister drug to lyrica. It has help tremendously. I am now down to 1 150 mg capsule every other day and cud probably quit altogether at this point.

If you had been taking the percs for a while and it did what you needed it to do and then youstarted Lyrica and got real dizzy, I would say the Lyrica made you dizzy. I took Lyrica for a while and it always made me dizzy for 3-5 days until my system got used to it and then I was fine. Just something to think about...good luck!

Everything is relative-- but yes, that is a large dose. Consider that Percocet tablets-- medications used to treat surgical pain in dose ranges of 1-2 every 4 hours-- contain 5-10 mg of oxycodone. You are taking the equivalent of 70 of the 5 mg tabs every day, when the dose after major surgery would be on the order of 5-10 tablets per day. The largest dose I've seen in a patient addicted to oxycodone is about 700 mg per day.

celebrex along with lyrica 150 mg. twice daily. Taken this for one month and no relief.

I'am taking lyrica , but they have mentioned opiaates.

Hello! My Dr prescribed me Lyrica and I have been readin about this drug, but I can't seem to find anything telling me what is in it. Does anyone know the ingredients? I was told it was a non-narcotic drug but then the leaflet says that it can be addictive and do not stop immediately..blah,blah, blah...does anyone know what is in this stuff?

I felt that the 200mg that I am up to now is not working as well as it did a month ago. He said to increase it that dosages for Lyrica can be as his as 800mg per day. Neurontin dosing is also seemingly high. But you try different levels to see where you see benefit and stick there. About the tolerance question, his response was "no".

Hi, i have a question: Does any one out there have a problem with lyrica? Im 24, weigh 96 pounds and take 750 mg per day. I feel i cannot function without it ( and i do not have a real medical need to be on it anymore ) and keep finding myself uping my dosage because of my cravings. So in other words im addicted to it. I have read up on it and most of my findings say lyrica is not addicting, but for me i get a stoned feeling from it.

The doctor kept increasing my dose to a high level of 150mgs 2 - 3 times a day. The cost was outrageous as over here in Australia, it cost me from $80 - $100 per box, and it was only lasting me less than 2 weeks. It was not helping my pain AT ALL....and the side effects were bad, making me dizzy, nauseated, restless, dry mouth, nightmares, etc. The doctor said most of the symptoms go away after awhile, but they didnt go away for me.

Previously I was taking lyrica. Lyrica seemed to affect my vision so I switched to Neurontin. I feel like I am in a blur everyday and all the events meld together, also when I work or go to school I feel like I am working through a fog. I am wondering if people take this kind of medication for years? And I have noticed that his medication has messed with my memory, what will that be like in the future? I am worried that it will affect me too much and really mess up my head in the future.

DnnTrry- I switched from Lyrica to Topamax completely mostly because of the weight gain and cost. Lyrica and Topamax are both anti-seizure meds and do not have any major interactions, but I understand your apprehension. Also, side effects from Topamax are most crippling usually when you increase too fast. I hope your doctor didn't place you on 50mg right off the bat??? That dosage is sure to give you some discomfort.

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