You don't have to stick with this Dr. just because Dr. Kerr
recommended him. the advantage of taking Lyrica over Neurontin if
you don't have side effects is that it is more effective at vastly
smaller dosages : 75 mg rather than 300 mg several times a day.
I have taken the combination of lyrica and cymbalta together for 2
years, Cymbalta is an antidepressant which for some unknown reason
helps reduce nerve damage pain as a positive side effect. I
requested it because i felt like jumping off a cliff to stop the pain
and I was depressed and angry about contracting TM. I went off
Cymbalta when I felt ready to face living again. never tried
neurontin and I've been told if I 'm doing well on Lyrica not to switch.
My neuro dumped me as a patient because he said I had a 4 in a
million chance of a reoccurrence and any well informed family Dr,
could manage my pain treatment. this has worked really well for me,
my Dr. reads whatever info I hand her about TM and she asks me what
meds you all on the tmic list are taking. I now take 75 mg lyrica am
50 mg pm amantadine to counter the drowziness. a blood pressure med
and a prescription antacid/reflux.
Mindy King
we4king...@verizon.net
On May 17, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Robert Pall wrote:
I went last week to a new Neuro recommended to me by Dr. Kerr.
Besides having me take new MRI's including the brain (never had
this one before) he is taking me off Cymbalta and starting me up on
Neurontin ( 100 mg per day). He saw no reason to be taking Cymbalta
as I am already taking Lyrica and according to the new Dr. both
Cymbalta and Lyrica do the same thing and taking both of them is
not effective it is just overkill. I wonder if any of the other
members who are taking both Lyrica and Cymbalta were ever told this…
and what should I expect from the neurontin? I am hoping it will
help the banding. What negative side effects have any of you
suffered with the neurontin?
Thx
Rob in New Jersey
