Lyrica Lawsuit (Page 70)

Does anyone know if there is an ongoing lawsuit against the company who puts out Lyrica? I am a mess from it. Do we have a leg to stand on when it comes to the side effects they found out from people like us? I am a long termer. I have been taking 900 mg since 2005. Is there anyone representing us? Thank you

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Lyrica kills the neurons and prevents the synapses from communicating with each other, permanently and that is not on as a side effect. Even when you are off Lyrica nothing really changes except maybe outwardly. Your brain is just about fried. I've been off it 10 years and still have memory issues. I lost my job of 29 years because of Lyrica and they told me that was why I was being left go, along with some other older nurses. You'd think a hospital would be sympathetic, but guess again, they are a business honey and if there is a nursing school or a school for most of their medical procedures, guess what, they have a source of cheap labor ready every May and June when students graduate and they can keep on going each year health insurance with sky high premiums and lousy coverage. So, if you are on Lyrica, my heart goes out to you and all my prayers. Nothing will ever get this drug off the market until phyzer gets their money back with a profit or of the rate of deaths from this drug finally causes the government to take action.

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Hi Mary , you are right Lyrica fries your brain , my 23 year old son has not had a dose for 6 years and is still frustrated by his very poor memory that used to be razor sharp before taking Lyrica , i have tried just about every supplement under the sun , nothing makes any difference , Lyrica brain damage is very permanent ...

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A person would think that brain damage would be enough for a lawsuit, but it's not. I feel sometimes that I may be getting Alzheimers. I pray that's not what happening.

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I overdosed as well and have lost everything close to me even my children I've never been to jail or had any domestic problems but after overdosing I'm treated as a monster my kids want to see me and aren't scared in any way ALL psychologist, hospital and psychiatrist reports state it's a direct WELL KNOWN reaction to Lyrica but noone will help.

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Hi there please help. I have been taking lyrica for over a week and it makes me feel awful. My mouth burns my eyes burn my insides burn nd i feel tired anyone else experience this? What do i do?

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I was on Lyrica for a mere 8 weeks. A graduate student in counseling with a background in Psychology focused on neuroscience. I had a father who passed from frontal lobe dementia. I thrived on School. Research statistics papers major reports these, and family, where my and love. During the time I was down there okay could put together the criteria for dementia all I wanted to do was die I could not imagine living my life like that. Now that I'm off the medication and Kaiser is circling the wagons and won't even discuss the medication I still have issues reading Writing fluently with my memory and my ability to speak fluently. My thoughts are jumbled and I still have trouble focusing, attending, and holding any form of conversation. By the time I finish a sentence I have most often forgotten the topic of the conversation.

I once thrived on the goal of a PhD. I was even planning the topic of my dissertation. Now I'm scared to death of a master's program I had almost completed. 9 units from completion, Kaiser puts me on Lyrica, and now I don't know if I can keep the thoughts together to graduate.

So, yes, been there, am still experiencing it.

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Maryanne S You are allergic to this horrible drug , if you have only been on it a week i would stop taking it but reduce by half then a quarter over the next couple of days and go and find a Doctor that knows what he is doing ..

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I've been on lyrica for about 10 years or more have had bleeding ultsers and passing blood in stools got bad depressed from it . Was thinking about hurting myself and others .I haven't took it in about 6 months but still passing blood and having a lot of stomach problems .

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Sierraguy , Can relate to your experience , my son was only on Lyrica for about 5 months all up and has not had a dose for 6 years , is now 23 years of age and is devastated he can not study as his memory retention is practically non existent , he was a very brilliant student , i dont know how to help him....

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Okay, so here's a probable approach to dealing with the side effects, employment wise. If you're on Lyrica then you most likely have a condition, chronic or expected to go on indefinitely, that impairs your ability to perform a necessary daily function of life (loose definition, see Ada.gov or eeoc.gov/laws/regulations/adaaa_fact_sheet.cfm - The EEOC). Dig deeper, talk to your doctor. Look at the criteria for a Qualifying Disability. Now, how does that impair a life or work functionality? If it's a legal disability then even with the mitigating measures (Lyrica) it is STILL a disability. Even with negative side effects of the mitigating measure, you are protected. But the disability MUST be documented by a licensed medical professional, generally on your employer's disability certification form, at it must be disclosed to your employer. There's no "you can't fire me, I'm disabled.". They must have knowledge of your functional limitations due to the disability, mitigated or not. If it's chronic pain and the negative side effect of lyrica is memory, talk with your Dr.

Now, I'm not an attorney, just a 50 year old Voc Rehab Counseling Grad Student and the above is at the foundation of our job. My memory is shot due to lyrica and I'm not quoting or citing the ADA or its implementation by the EEOC. But every school has a students with disabilities department you can talk to. Every state has an equal employment org. You should have a non-profit disability rights org. Look up DisabilityRightsLegalCenter.org. Don't get screwed because of your DR's chosen method of treatment. If he/she is in private practice then you're probably getting prescribed the medication marketed by the last pharmaceutical salesperson who came to the office.
I'm pushing for a neurological workup. I want to know if this garbage did serious permanent damage.... "Lyrica may result in suicidal thoughts". Hell ya it would, if you're in the midst of the negative cognitive effects, who would be thinking rationally.

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It does kill. My daughter went crazy in a very short time. While trying to save her, the police had to shoot her. She pointed a gun at a police officer.

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Glad I came across this post. I have a hard time taking medicine period. My doctor encouraged me to try to 50mg of Lyrica at bedtime for sleep at least for the 21 days in the sample pack he gave me. The first night I took it, it made my restless leg syndrome act up before I even went to bed. I could not get out of bed the next day and was groggy and hazy after I did get up. Tried taking it earlier in the evening, still had a hard time getting up in the morning. I was sleeping, but every additional day I took it, I was tired longer the next day. Due to my fibromyalgia and arthritis in my hands, I drop things a lot, but this multiplied. I would talk to people and go blank on a word many times through out the day and was doing dumb stuff at work. It was helping me sleep, but the next day was worse than it usually is from lack of sleep!!! I had an 8 hour drive coming up for the 4th of July weekend and was taking my 8 year old grandson and was afraid to take it the 2 nights before. I had only taken it for 5 days, didn't take it for 2 and still had a hard time making the drive. I started taking it again last Tuesday night to give it another try (I've taken it another 4 nights), but after reading your post, I am not taking it anymore. It was also making me itch like crazy, bothering my eyes - they kept getting blurry. It was giving me odd headaches as well. I had promised myself I would research the side effects before taking it as I didn't want to get them "psycosomatically". After having problems this second time attempt at taking it, I was researching them when I came across this thread! Thanks for the warnings!

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Sierraguy Please let us know if your memory improves over time post Lyrica , my son still laments what he used to have that has been taken from him , he has not had a dose for 6 years and still can not think properly ..

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My mother completed suicide last July 21 and had been on Lyrica for years. Not sure if this information would be valuable for future studies on the effects of the drug, but I figured it was worth a shot reporting if it prevents another suicide.

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When we all get old we will be out of our minds in a Nursing Home spending our last days in a Altsheimer Lockdown Unit.

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It's been 6 months since I stopped lyrica. And my short term and working memory are still shot. I mean forgetting what I was doing, saying or did 15 seconds ago. Memory consolidation is blown except more MAJOR events. Details are foggy. I used to love to read and write at a postgraduate academic level. Now I have to read a page of text 2-3 times to retain basic details. I record conversation straight, have piles of lists.

I think the level of cognitive effects while on lyrica and after termination has some connection to a predisposed condition. I'm not necessarily referring to mental illness or any form of IQ... IQ being a ridiculous attempt to summarize a person's "ability" into a single value when ability is actually qualifiable, not quantifiable which is too static a measurement,, within many exclusive areas of functionality. I don't know.. Maybe susceptibility to anxious or depressive emotions. Or the level of or stability of a person's acceptance of their disability. Chronic pain is a disability otherwise why would we be trying to treat it. Remember, disability is determined in the unmitigated state. Meaning when the condition is untreated or not accommodated for. A person's level of acceptance of a disability does have interpersonal, intrapersonal, physical and psychological effects.

I'm not refocusing blame for the side effects and long term damage to the patient. I just trying to figure out "why me".

A major problem with pursuing damages for the damage this poison had on a person is the ability to show, quantify, post-treatment "ability" when compared to a predetermined pre-treatment 'ability'. Attorney or Doctor: "You say using lyrica for pain significantly decreased your executive processing and memory. Prove it. Quantifiably, at what levels were your executive functioning and memory at BEFORE you started taking Lyrica?"

Its much easier to rule out any form of mental illness history within a large population of people who have performed a measurable behavior, such as Suicide.

I'm pushing my doctor for neurological studies of my brain and endocrine system (most managed by some form of pituitary response). But they won't. And damage or physical deficits can be the basis of comparison of behavior based on other studies of that area of the brain in regards to other conditions, 'abilities', or pure exploration.

It's BS. A year ago I was on my way to getting a Masters degree. I'll probably end up training dogs if I can learn to retain enough for my studies. But then again, that may that may be depression talking as I continue to discover ways this drug took my life away.

Mary r Ziegler: From a neuroscience perspective, it's a bit more complex and a bit less "severe". If lyrica was as much of a neurotoxin, killing neurons, as you say, it's effects on the brain would be much easier to identify and measure. Science is still in more of a theoretical state when it comes to the actual functionality of memory generation, psychological attentiveness, etc. If we knew, Dementia, ADHD, amnesia, information retention and much more would be better understood and treatable from more than a "this drug works but we don't know how" position. Sure, it's effecting neurotransmitters, but not a way the medical field can measure or observe. If we could, there are a great many drugs, like ambient and many benzos, that would be off the market. But its FAR to expensive to prove.

The issue with lyrica is that its rather hard to prove any side effects are directly associated with taking the drug. Except when there's a strong relationship between lyrica and suicide attempts, deaths, or ideation. No doctor or pharma company wants association with death. Messed up brains are invisible and society couldn't care less. From personal experience and study.

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When i told my doctor the side effects she had quite the nerve to say to me that its impossible i was getting side effects already. What doctor says that? Whats happening to our health care system?? Makes me pretty sad to b treated this way

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Lyrica has helped me emensly. I don't understand why everyone is having bad luck with this medicine. My skin feels better not shaking anymore and it really helps with my pain. I guess I don't understand. You only gain weight if your eating more. I haven't gained a pound.

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My wife was prescribed Pregablin (Lyrica) recently, and took her first dose on 8 August 2016. The prescribed dosage was 300mg twice a day for a week and then 300mg three times a day for the next week to start. After taking the first 300mg tablet she became, dizzy, disoriented, blurred vision, weak in the knees (unable to stand or walk without assistance), nausea, erratic heartbeat, garbled speech, tongue blisters which looked like divots on the tongue, numbing sensation of teeth and gums a general overall malaise and she slept for some 14 hours straight through. Needless to say she will not take another tablet. Upon researching suggested dosage, a 300mg dose was used in the most extreme cases. In reading your post I wondered if you would consider providing the name of the Attorney representing you. I'm concerned not only for my wife but for anyone else who may fall prey to over prescribed medication from this doctor. I hope i will hear from you.

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To my knowledge there is no attorney. The makers of Lyrica were smart and knew about the side effects before putting the drug out on market. As of right now we don't have any legal rights. That was what was told to by 2 attorneys, 1 in Texas and 1 in Denver. I hope I am not the only looking though.

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