Alan, I have just gone on Medicare and am in the process of leaving Kaiser and getting all new doctors. My new neurologist is wonderful in that he is willing to work with me on different meds. I was getting very concerned about the Neurontin and memory loss. I have been on it for four years. I am taking 600 mg. 4x day. He wanted me to decrease the Neurontin and I also decided to get off Paxil. So we tried Cymbalta. New med for depression. They found out that it was not so great for depression but seemed to help many with pain! Tried it for one month. Did not seem to help me and I didn't really care for it. So when I see him next week I am going to try the Lyrica. We talked about it, but thought we might give Cymbalta a try. (It's also quite expensive and I understand going up in price in July). So we can compare experiences with the Lyrica. Trudy
-----Original Message----- From: Alan Junghans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:02 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] RE: Lyrica Response from my Neuro: We will send you some samples. You will receive two bottles of Lyrica 75 mg capsules (total 60 capsules). You take one Lyrica 75 mg twice a day for 7 days (using up 14 capsules), then two capsules together twice a day. Start cutting down your Neurontin by half when you start Lyrica two capsules twice a day. Write me after 7 more days to let me know how you are doing. Eugene Lai, MD, PhD This sounds logical to me. At least he has an open mind to my suggestions when I want to try a new approach. I will chronicle my expereience with this and share it with everyone as I go. Alan
