PatientsLikeMe : Pregabalin Treatment Report

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Taking Pregabalin
13 Patients currently take Pregabalin
0 Patients stopped taking Pregabalin
ukwildcat Sex: M Mental Symptoms: moderate Physical Symptoms: moderate Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe 674 VL 102 See profile ukwildcat Lyrica, 150mg daily since Oct 22, 2008
brookerbeach Sex: M Mental Symptoms: moderate Physical Symptoms: mild Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe 0 VL < 50 See profile brookerbeach Lyrica, 300mg daily since Dec 05, 2005
AllanT Sex: M Mental Symptoms: unreported Physical Symptoms: unreported Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: unreported 550 VL < 50 See profile AllanT Lyrica, 150mg daily since Jan 01, 2007

What is Pregabalin? Pregabalin is an analgesic and anti-convulsant drug that is used to manage pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, postherpetic (shingles) neuralgia, as an adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizure disorder in adults and for the management of fibromyalgia.

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Reasons Taken

13 patients in the community are taking or have taken Pregabalin.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	7	53%
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy)	2	15%
Aches and pains	1	7%
Support another treatment	1	7%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Pregabalin.

0 mg Daily	150 mg As needed	50 mg Daily	75 mg Daily	100 mg Daily	150 mg Daily	180 mg Daily	300 mg Daily
1	1	1	2	1	2	1	4

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Pregabalin or how long patients were taking Pregabalin before stopping.

Currently taking Pregabalin

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	4	1	2	0	2

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	100%	1

Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy)

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	100%	1
Mild	0%	0
None	0%	0

Top reported side-effects include: Brain fog, daytime sleepinesss, tiredness

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

ukwildcat

Sex: M

Mental Symptoms: moderate

Physical Symptoms: moderate

Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe

674

VL 102

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by ukwildcat
Oct 29, 2008