Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA

[LadyOnWheels725]

Hi Ron, I had been taking neurotin   for 7 years and  it had increased to 1200 mg 3x a day.   My neuropathy really covers me all over and I can take different muscle relaxers , pain pills,  and botox shots and still have pain. My doctors had told me about lyrica and it is the "new" miracle medicine that is suppose to work wonders.  I have been on it for 6 weeks and they have raised it once.  I am taking 300 mg 2x  a day and they say it can be increased a lot more.  My baclofen has also been increased to 20 mg 3x a day.  Right now I am super sensitive to touch.  Bathing is horrible, I can't  stand the feel of the bath cloth and towel going up and down my skin.  I am crying by the time I am dressed.  Then I have to take the pain pills. The pain clinic is a new doctor to me and he says if I will hang in there he believes that lyrica will solve my pain when we find the right dose.  I wish they could increase  it faster. Kathy in Mississippi