Posted by yxibow on February 28, 2008, at 8:16:15
In reply to Lyrica -similar to Lamictil, posted by okydoky on February 26, 2008, at 11:22:58
> MY urologist prescribed Lyrica for pain. I have a lot of side effects. He is telling me that Lamictil is similar so I should try it.
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> I don't know much about meds. Does anyone know how these two are alike?
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> Several p[people on this site have suggested lamictil to me as an antidepressant but that is not what he was suggesting it for. Ever heard of taking it for pain?
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> okydoky
>For mood stabilization and an antidepressant, Lamictal can have quite good results for people -- it has a long titration rate just to avoid SJS ("the rash").
I ran across some small study for diabetic neuropathy, but the agents are considerably different.
Lyrica is more akin to Neurontin but possibly more potent. It also has some side effects, such as blurry vision in some patients, but then again Neurontin can do this also. Neurontin does not do that to me, but Lyrica did unfortunately. I experienced some slurring when starting Neurontin but that disappeared. These are all individual variations.
But Lamictal is not a direct GABA modulating agent like the other two aformentioned -- Lyrica and Neurontin are analogues or transformations of GABA that actually cross the blood brain barrier. (The supplement GABA basically doesn't.)
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