Lyrica Side Effects

Lyrica | pregabalin side effects and adverse reactions include the following:

Muscle pain and spasms
Sinusitis
“Foggy” feeling
General malaise
Euphoria
Gas or diarrhea
Fatigue
Constipation
Psychomotor disruptions
Twitches
Chest pain
Tremor
Changes in appetite
Joint ache
Weight gain
Drowsiness
Allergic reaction
Swelling of the hands and feet

Warnings & Recalls for Lyrica

Lyrica can cause a severe allergic reaction in very rare instances. If you exhibit the symptoms of severe allergic reaction, seek medical help immediately.
If you take angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or diabetes medications, tall your doctor. Together with Lyrica, these drugs give you have a higher chance of swelling or getting hives. Swelling increases the risk of congestive heart failure.
Do not drink alcohol if you take Lyrica.
Tell your doctor if you take any other medications for mood, emotional, or psychiatric disorders as well as for pain. These may adversely interact with Lyrica.
Do not stop taking this medication unless your doctor tells you to. This can increase your risk of seizure.
Lyrica may cause a muscle problem called rhabdomyolysis. Tell your doctor if you experience muscle pain, weakness or tenderness.

Lyrica Treatment and Use

The pain medication Lyrica | pregabalin is an anticonvulsant drug manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Lyrica was the first fibromyalgia treatment approved by the FDA and is indicated for the following conditions:

Fibromyalgia
Diabetic nerve pain
Pain after shingles
Partial onset seizures in adults with Epilepsy
Generalized anxiety disorder or GAD (in the European Union)
Alcohol withdrawl symptoms

For treatment of GAD, Lyrica was shown to be similar to the drugs lorazepam, Xanax | alprazolam, and Effexor | venlafaxine. Though Lyrica is best known as a pain medication, its therapeutic use for anxiety has been shown to be effective with a lower risk of the “fog” that comes with benzodiazepines such as the aforementioned drugs.

How does Lyrica work?

The exact mode of action for Lyrica to treat neuropathic pain disorders and anxiety as well as other mood disorders is not completely known. It is believed that Lyrica | pregablin works by calming the overly stimulated nerves that cause chronic pain disorders such as fibromyalgia. It is this same believed mechanism that reduces the symptoms of general anxiety disorder and alcohol withdrawal in individuals.

Lyrica dosing

Lyrica starts off at 150 mg for all conditions that it treats. It either comes in tablet or oral solution form. The doses are divided in two or three daily incriments and daily maximum dosage ranges from:

Ddiabetic peripheral neuropathy pain (DPN): 300 mg maximum
Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN): 600 mg maximum
Adjunctive partial onset seizure therapy in adults: 600 mg maximum
Fibromyalgia: 450 mg maximum

Ingredients

Active ingredient: pregabalin

Inactive ingredients:

LYRICA capsules: lactose monohydrate, cornstarch, talc

Capsule shell: gelatin and titanium dioxide; Orange capsule shell: red iron oxide; White

capsule shell: sodium lauryl sulfate, colloidal silicon dioxide. Colloidal silicon dioxide is a

manufacturing aid that may or may not be present in the capsule shells.

Imprinting ink: shellac, black iron oxide, propylene glycol, potassium hydroxide.

LYRICA oral solution: methylparaben, propylparaben, monobasic sodium phosphate

anhydrous, dibasic sodium phosphate anhydrous, sucralose, artificial strawberry #11545 and purified water.

Other Names for Lyrica

Brand name :

Lyrica

Generic (unavailable):

Pregabalin