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Has anyone had an allergic reaciton to lyrica???
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03/31/2008 11:27
ALCSS2008
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 I had my dose of lyrica increased three weeks ago. I have been on it for several months. Over the weekend I developed severe pain in my legs and my lower joints. My hips hurt so bad I couldnt lay on them. Then Sunday my legs swelled and I got real puffy. I also have a rash under my lip that starts out like blisters and then gets like a patchy rash. It may be shingles. I feel really tired but do not have a fever. I tooe lasix and the swelling improved but the pain never went away. My friend who is a NP is stopping by today to check me over. What do you guys think, Lyrica allergy????I sur hope not--It is the only think that haa helped me. I take 500mg a day.
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03/31/2008 11:52
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 Call your doctor. Those are side effects of Lyrica!You are on a pretty high dose. I couldn't even tolerate a low dose of 10 mg. Please Sandi, call the doc. Hope you feel better soon.

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03/31/2008 11:55
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 sounds like classic allergic reaction. can you take benedryl? call your doc!!!
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03/31/2008 15:05
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 I take 300 mlg a day and never had anything like that happen, let us know how everything turns out, I really think Its a bad reaction but you have been taking It so not sure, need a nurse or doc to ck you, will be thinking of you...
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03/31/2008 16:07
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 oh my goodness lady! You sound miserable..... let us know what you find out! I don't know if it would be side effects of that dose or an allergic reaction....... Hang in there!
We are all soldiers in this battle to reclaim our lives from the beast within!
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03/31/2008 16:22
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 I think there are way to amny problems with Lyrica. People seem to do good with it for a while and then one day they have some kind of reaction to it. I was on 150mg and was so dizzy I had to sleep sitting up. I already have chronic dizziness but I have taken many medications thet have a dizziness side effect so I wasn't really worried about that with the Lyrica as none of the meds I have taken before made it worse. Lyrica had me spinning so much I thought I would have to go to the hospital. I called my doctor and told her and she told me to stop taking it that I probably won't be able to take Lyrica.

I really hope that the Lyrica is not causing this because you said it helps you.
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04/01/2008 14:15
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 Sandi, I had the same trouble with my hips,knees and elbows. I had gone form 50mgs to 300mgs a day. I couldn't even get out of bed on the morning. I had to take my pain meds and let them work first. I stopped taking lyrica (slowly reducing the dose) and feel much better. It took about a month for things to get better. It still isn't as good as it was before but I will take what I can get. I go see my Dr. on the 15th and have to talk to her to see what we can do about the lyrica.

I hope that you get this figured out soon. Is the pain a burning pain? Does it get better after being up for awhile?

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04/01/2008 15:00
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 The pain gets better after I am up for a while, but it still hurts. When I go to get up from a chair or from bed in the morning the pain is incredible. I actually cried in front of my husband the other day. And at night my legs burn from my hips doen. I cannot lay on my hips. The inside of my elbow hurt and my forearms. I feel off. Like something is wrong with my body and I don't know what it is. My tongue burns too. And I feel like I can't get enough air. Like when I am in the car I have to have the air on because I can't have the window down becauxe of my trigeminal neuralgia. I cannot lay on my right side of my head because of the occipital neuralgia and it hurts to bad. I cannot brush my hair on that side. I feel like I could throw up. something is just wrong. I think I'll try to go to the doctor's tomorrow.
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04/01/2008 15:15
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 You should try to get in to the doctor Sandi... This is not right... I am sorry that your are feeling so miserable
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04/01/2008 15:22
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 Now I'm beginning to worry about you!! Please go to the doctor Sandi! Keep us posted!
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