I agree with Dalton-Lyrica is my drug of choice. But please understand that you will not appreciate what Lyrica does until it builds up a level in your system and that takes about two weeks. Bacofen, neurotin etc, etc did nothing for me even in large doses. I hate narcotics but have found that a couple glasses of wine in the evening makes for a pleasant nights sleep.
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:35 AM, PAMELA S <subers...@msn.com> wrote: > Dalton; I think the back injury is probably more accountable for many > of your symptoms than TM. Or maybe TM was a symptom of the back injury. > Norco has reduced acetaminophen in it with hydrocodone, but there is still > a little bit. lyrica didn't do anything for me. Neurontin or gaberpentin > (sic) is predecessor or pregabulin Lyrica. And, there are a lot of people > out there who develop nasty side effects with the stuff. I definitely > doesn't work for everyone. But, the broken back fits into the category of > what used to be called Causalgia or now reflex sympathetic dystrophy. > And, that's a whole other animal. > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:51:59 -0800 > From: jcs...@yahoo.com > > Subject: Re: [TMIC] re pins and needles > To: malugss...@gmail.com; bpe...@austin.rr.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com > > I am truly thankful that we have a variety of things to work with. > > just read where possibly next year we will have hydrocodone without > acetaminophen in it. it will have more hydrocodone but without the liver > damage. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> > *To:* john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com>; Bernie <bpe...@austin.rr.com>; > TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 27, 2011 9:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: [TMIC] re pins and needles > > John; > > Your point is well taken. I also had difficulty going on Lyrica, but I > hung in there and continued with it because the pain under my skin all over > my body gave me no choice. Before Lyrica, I could not sleep or work; I > felt as though I were being fried with high amperages of electricity. I > could only just lay there in awful pain. And since I had broken my back in > an industrial accident which bent me backwards until I couldn't see below > my chest, I have adjusted what I consider to be painful. > > The Lyrica killed the pain. As for getting off it, why would I do that? > Its addiction is a mute point for me, since living pain-free is itself > addictive; so that I would become immediately addicted to whatever removes > this awful pain. > > Dalton > (718) 838-0437 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (718) 838-0437 > end_of_the_skype_highlighting > > From: john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> > Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:52:09 -0800 (PST) > To: Bernie <bpe...@austin.rr.com>, Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>, > TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] re pins and needles > > I personally had no good experience with it. > > I had no bad experience with it. > > Just another one of those trials for me that didnt help out > > Somewhere I read where someone else loved it. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bernie <bpe...@austin.rr.com> > *To:* Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>; TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:25 AM > *Subject:* Re: [TMIC] re pins and needles > > *Not trying to scare off anyone considering taking this medication, but > one has to be very careful with Lyrica, it has some very nasty side > effects. Make sure your doctor starts you on a low dose and that you and > your doctor monitor yourself very closely for these. Make a list of all of > them and keep it handy. I was put on Lyrica and it made my life horrendous > with a lot of misery until they could get me off of it. One also has to be > weened off Lyrica, abrupt stopping of the taking of this medication can > actually kill you. Here are a couple of links that tells you about Lyrica > for you and your doctor to consider:: > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000327/ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregabalin* > > > > >
