Thanks so much for bumping up the thread - it was very helpful. Hope you have a great day - Kim
Hi Kim
I just bumped up and old thread regarding Lyrica for you....It has quite a bit of info for you......
I have never taken it....sorry I couldn't be of more help...
Hope you feel better soon...
Tammy
Tammy,
Thank you for your kind words and for sharing your experience. I saw the Neuro this morning and he confirmed I am having a flare-up. He put me on 300 mg per day of Lyrica and suggested I have another round of Solumedrol in two weeks (he wants there to be 30 days between the first round and the next one). I have read a lot of good and a lot of bad things about Lyrica. I understand it makes you sleepy - which will be good when I take the dose at night because I am having a lot of problems sleeping. However I'm really concerned about the things I have read about weight gain and Lyrica. Have you had any experience with Lyrica?
Kim
Hi Andi!
Solumedrol is a high dose of steroids also called Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone is in a class of drugs called steroids. Methylprednisolone prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation.
Methylprednisolone is used to treat many different conditions such as allergic disorders, skin conditions, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, MS,lupus, psoriasis, or breathing disorders.
(I took the above from an Internet website)
All I know is that I had this through IV for 3 days at 1000 mg per day! Ewwwww! No, seriously, it helped with the numbness I had and visual problems, but the side effects were horrible for me.
I don't know anything about the Gabapentin, but have seen it mentioned here several times....I hope someone else will chime in here for ya!
Feel Well, Andi....
Tammy
what is Solumedrol...is that like Copamax? or prednisone?
I'm not Dx yet and just wonder... I'm going to be starting Gabapentin..?
I get so confused with these meds...what is for what..?
take care
andi
Hi Kim
First I would like to say that I am so sorry that you're going through this in the first place.....
I also wanted to chime in here because I've had a horrible experience with Solumedrol as well.....Back in March I had extreme leg and groin numbness and went on IV Solumedrol for 3 days....I had a nasty reaction to it, but it DID take away the numbness and vision problems almost immediately....Well, within 48 hours anyway.....
In May the left side of my head and face went numb and because I was visiting the MS Clinic at that time, I declined the Solumedrol treatment.....That numbness didn't go away for 20 days.....but it did go away....
I guess it's up to you whether you want that treatment or not...I'm not really sure what else to tell you...I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone....
Take care and keep us posted as to what the doc says....
Tammy