[LadyDoc]

Lyrica is an older version of the anti seizure medicine Gabapentin, which we have used for years "off label" ,without fda approval for this type of pain. link

I think of it as a blanket that you put over a irritable nerve or electric tape that you put over a wire that is sparking

It stops the "spark" from turning into seizures, but then, because it had less bad side effects than other seizure medicines, we started using it for shingles pain (herpes zoster, no relationship to herpes herpes). Then we started using it for our diabetics whose feet were numb but caused burning pain.

I haven't treated the bad neuropathic pains, but apparently it works for them too

the advantage is that different types of pain pills work for pain. Motrin/NSAIDS works for bone pain, but not for this type of pain.

A lot of these patients got addicted to narcotics in the past, because narcotics were the only thing that stopped the pain (and even then, the narcs didn't work very well)

the interesting thing about Lyrica is that it also seems to work for fibromyalgia.

[golfisnr1]

I have been taking it for diabetic neuropathy for two years.
Biggest problem is weight gain.

[rightly_dividing]

I take Lyrica for nerve pain in my legs and hips. It enables me to sleep where before I was in awful pain and getting almost no sleep even though I take pain meds and Ambien. The constant hunger is the worst side effect for me. It has been a wonder drug as far as I am concerned.

[Cyman]

“Lyrica is an older version of the anti seizure medicine Gabapentin,”

Just the opposite,gabapentin before pregabalin.

[hinckley buzzard]

Gabapentin under the name Neurontin has been used effectively for neuropathic pain for many years now. I am quite surprised that such use would be considered off-label.