Posted by RobertDavid on October 9, 2005, at 12:35:51
In reply to Lyrica » RobertDavid, posted by JaneB on October 9, 2005, at 12:07:31
Jane:
I read your post and link to info on Lyrica. Though I like the insight of all, I'm not going to base conclusions from what one anonymous pharm rep had to say. The other posts I saw there did not go into any detail. I have read so many other positive web posts regarding studies, etc. More importantly to me my doctor read and was involved with some of the studies on it (as he is involved with drug development and research for anxiety) and he said that weight gain should not be a problem for me, that some gain weight at high doses. I'm keeping an eye on that. As far as infertility in rats, I'm guessing that was at higher doses than humans take, but not sure though. I would speculate to say that if that side affect was significant I would have seen it on the info on side affects when I picked up my perscription. I just know that all these drugs affect people differently, some will have certain side affects, some will not. It will work for some, not for others. For me, it's too soon to tell. At the very least it is proving to be affective in getting me off klonopin at a much faster and easier pase than I could without medication. Then if I don't like Lyrica, getting off it will be very quick and easy (my doctor says) vs klonopin. All that being said I don't think it's a cure all for anxiety, but perhaps another option to try if everything especially when everything else has failed for SAD or GAD. Klonopin worked the best, but just not good enough for me. I've tried just about everything else excluding the MAOI's with would probably work great, I just never wanted to go with all the significant side affects. That being said I'm definatly trying EMSAM (the MAOI patch-my doctor thinks very highly of it)as soon as it's available. Lastly I would just recomend looking at other web posts for Lyrica and anxiety. There's lots of other info out there.
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