Does Lyrica Mess Up Your Liver? (Page 2)

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I started taking Lyrica for 3 weeks now for my Chronic Facial Pain. I had taken all the chronic pain meds and nothing work. I was diagnos with this illness since I had a root canal done, I even got 2 teeth extracted though the pain would go away. Anyway, I am now having some reaction, my feet and legs feels fat. However, my pain is about 4 in a scale of 10 being very painful. I take Lyrica 3x a day with 50 mg each along with oxycodon (if pain does not go away) and motrin 800 mg for head aches. I been on norcotic medicines for 2 years and now with Lyrica and etc. I am just wondering if the chronic pain actually go away? I am tired of taking all these medicine and scared that I will not have a liver left..............

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Please Read ALL the Post....and DO NOT get on Lyrica..It will cause weight gain by making you crave carbs and especially sugar..You will BLOW UP and it it HELL TO GET OFF

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Lyrica is a narcotic. It is not a opiate. Morphine is in a class of drugs known as opiates. I wish you well but I'd take opiates over Lyrica any day. Lyrica is hell to get off of. It makes you feel like you want to kill yourself, it made me gain 30lbs quick, causes liver problems ect..Opiates for the most part are Old drugs..They want kill you coming off them some may make you think you wanna die for a day or 2 but Lyrica is a new drug that Phizer is getting rich off of and the side effects are just now coming to the fore front...Beware Kinddebj

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My friend, don't get all of your teeth pulled. You probably have a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. Please look it up. I have it, but not on that part of my face. No matter where it occurs, it can be horrible, but you are probably needlessly pulling out your teeth.

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Some of you people are alarmists! The bottom line with ANY medication is that IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, TAKE IT!.. No drug would get through the FDA if it were harmful to the degree that most of you articulate. Some people have bad livers from drinking too much and then they blame their medication! Get real, people.. If your antidepressant PREVENTS you from committing suicide.. TAKE YOUR MEDICATION. If your narcotic pain reliever EASES YOUR PAIN.. TAKE IT !!!!!

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Even tho he/she wasnt "technically"addicted im sure he experienced mild mood changes like irritability. Im sure he also experienced a racing heart feeling and had trouble sleeping. even tho he supposedly took his medicine as prescribed for 10 years at the doses he was on and combination of drugs he was taking im surprised it was so easy to get lowered so fast. ive had a chronic pain condition since i was 7 called JRA or Juvenile Rheumatiod Arthritis.im 34 now and have been on almost every pain drug(narcotic and non-narcotic)there is out there.i became dependant 1st,addicted 2nd and an abuser 3rd.i started abusing my meds as a teen,i grew up with addicts and alcoholics so it didnt seem to be "the wrong thing to do".family members were enablers. im still fighting and trying(with no luck)to deal with pain.opiates have been prescribed to me since i was 9 so i think it was probably inevitable to become an addict.im in a wheelchair permanantly now cuz my condition has caused atrophies and deformations to my limbs.

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Hello Everyone,
I started Lyrica 75mg about a month and a half ago for chronic neck pain, nerve damage in my arms and an infected balance nerve in my cranium and I couldn't stand the side effects so I went down to 25mgs. Throughout this process I have noticed my liver feels tender, swollen and sore. I can't even lay on my right side when I try to sleep. I have a feeling my liver is inflammed due to this medication. Has anyone else ever experienced these side effects from Lyrica? I am also a petite girl and have suddenly gained 10 pounds and crave sugar all the time now. I never used too and I always had a hard time gaining weight until now. Anyone else feel the same way I do? I want off this pill...its not even helping my pain. Help!

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I have the same pain as you.....all in the lower jaw and I feel like I want to pull my teeth out to. I had a dental implant placed and it was only 1 mm from the nerve so it caused some damage. I hope eventully the nerve can heal but I believe it has caused the pain I feel. People don't realize damage can come from dental work and leave you in cronic pain. I am taking lyrica. It helps some but I don't like taking any medication but I also don't like pain.

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i have been diagnosed with parachymal liver desease and take neurontin every day...could that affect my liver or is this the cause off my desease???

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Have you tried to bed rest a lot , as to get rid of the nerve pains , I have and was on tramadol and was allergic to it , opioids do not help nerve pains and I was given lyrical and helped right away and thanked the doctor for it , you are taking to many pills , try to bed rest alot and don`t sit to long . I was going though all kinds of nerve apains , tylenol and motrin if taking for long time , I think it damages the liver , as you are only to take not more that 10 days and are mixed with the opioids .I almost lost my motor nerves to my legs and my neck is just moving about , from neck injury , torn discs , and in lumbar discs maybe 3 or 5 and by shoulder blades . I found out last year that there was spinal nerve pain pills and no one want to use those or prescrib it . Not sure why and lyrical is so cosly .

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I dont know who posted the quote "u only get addicted if u take more, than perscribed" thats BS im a substance abuse counselor, and a very severe former opiate addict. I know of 100+ clients who came to us for help dealing with pain killer addiction, and they took their meds as perscribed. The reason whoever said they were taking 100's of mg's of morphine either took them for an extremly short period of time. Or (and id bet money that this is correct) took nowhere near the ammount stated. Like I said I'd IV bundles of dope per day, or tons &tons of opiates/opoids, and I being that hooked couldnt take that much morphine per day. As for the somas, I can believe the 12 pills per day. If ur gunna post about opiate/opoid addiction. KNOW WHAT UR TALKING ABOUT!!!!

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Ive been on pregabalin for about 1&1/2yrs. Lyrica has anti-anxiety traits, and as stated before im 2&1/2yrs sober. I refuse, to take narcotics at all. Its worked well for what I take it for, but im only on 150mgs daily. I know meds effect everyone different. DONT stop taking anymeds w/out consulting ur dr. if they wont be straight with u, get a 2nd opinion and id suggest finding a new physician

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You should try to go back to 75 mg of lyrica , I had severe left pain by lower rib cage and I think it was from pinched nerves and brain getting confused where the pain is and put pain there and when toching it , no pain , but for a while when enhaling deep , could feel the pain , now it only happen on and off . Bed rest a lot and eat well , I alos gained some , and have not eaten that much , so I think is lyrica , but will take it , as it realy helps nerve pains and went down to 50 mg from 75 . And will tell doctor when hrting more . Don`t take opioids for nerve pains , because they do not help or over the counter meds .

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i have been on pregablin for 5 years to help with pain in my legs and hands, i had a ultra sound scan on my liver which showed 2 pale masses, i now have to have this investigated, i had no idea that this medication could affect your liver, i am really worried now, should my doctor have been aware of this , and if so they have never checked before and only did scan as a precaution as my brother died of liver cancer in march.

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Hey Ann,
I have had left sided facial pain for nearly 8 years, it feels like a painful boring sensation in my teeth, and my tongue. A diagnosis of 'burning tongue syndrome with trigeminal distributions' was given to me, it is a living hell that has had a huge impact on my life. I take 150 mg of Lyrica twice a day, as much as I hate taking it, I would be in a LOT of trouble without it. The doctor told me it does not go through the liver, so I have not worried about that side affect. I also take Cymbalta 150mg mane. Gotta say I agree with John, if you are in severe pain you have to take it. Would love to get some feedback on your symptoms if you don't mind.

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Please don't be influenced by alarmist posts. If you want and/or need correct medical advice, that's what your doctor is for.

As for putting on weight, Lyrica may just make you crave carbs and sugar, but truth be told, it doesn't make you buy the junk food and it doesn't make you put it in your mouth. You are in control of what you eat.

With Lyrica, I have very little pain and am able to move better than before (I had a spinal fusion 3 months after my 5th child was born due to an accident at work) and now I'm running around with my 14 month old son and being more active I'm fitter than I was before I got pregnant with him.

At first I was dopey and drowsy but I started on a low dose and then built up to it. I am lucky that I have other people at home at night to help me with my baby.

And I'd love some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and a huge bar of chocolate, however I'm not going to let some insignificant cravings ruin my life and then blame it on the medicine!

I can pick up my child now. I can take him for a fun walk in the park and push him on the swing. I am off the Oxycontin and Oxycodone that I was on for many months before and after the surgery. Yes I have replaced those drugs with another. But I am so happy to be able to sleep better, feel happier now that I have taken it long enough to have adjusted to it and because my pain is almost gone, I can bolt around and move move move!!!

At the end of the day - ask your Doctor. And if you aren't happy with your Doctor's advice, find another one. It took me 5 goes to get the right Doctor and he's changed my life for the better.

I'm a happier mum now and my family is benefitting from my higher energy and happier countenance.

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I had the same thing happen to me in 2000. I'm hoping by now you have discovered Neurontin (300mg 3xday and amytriptaline (50mg only at bedtime)?? If you have not, go to a neurologist and get some. These are narcotics & it will kill your "trigeminal neuralgia" (nerve pain). This is hereditary when our nerves basically run thru our teeth so the extraction triggers it & our oral surgeon couldn't see the nerves on our X-rays because they are idiots & probably has happened to somebody else in your family.

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Lyrica will make you as big as your house! It's junk! Switch to neurontin & amytriptaline ASAP! I've been taking both for my facial neuralgia pain also known as trigeminal neuralgia. Please see a neurologist??

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Thank god! This is alarming at all of you taking lyrica! That stuff is DANGEROUS all of you need to try neurontin immediately! Sorry but I've tried both & i ate all of the food in my house - I was hungry 24/7 - my thoughts were as crazy as could be! Ive been taking neurontin for 12 years I have trigeminal neuralgia too. I hope everybody will take my word for it? Lyrica is a BAD drug especially the high doses.

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Oh dear, I have been taking lyrica for 5 or six years and do not have any significant side effects...why do you think neurons is better?
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Oh dear, I have been taking lyrica for 5 or six years and do not have any significant side effects...why do you think neurontin is better?
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