Hi Kimmy,

My pain specialist just suggested the use of this med. I looked it up in the internet & it says that it is basically used for 3 things. The first use is supposed to be for diabedics & the nerve pain they get.....like the neuropothy in their feet, etc. The second use was desecibed as the pain following shingles. The other thing it is supposed to be for is for partial onset seizures.

I am not sure how they think that migraines are even touched by this med since there isn't even one mention of use for migraines. They said they would have samples in the future, but I would have to know a lot more about how it would effect my migraines before I would become a guinea pig, putting more drugs into my body. Right now I am on a high dose of narcotics (200ug/hour of fentynal). I never have any breakthrough pain & that was what they were thinking it would be for. They didn't even suggest going off of the med I am on, so don't know how they could tell if the med would even work on migraines I am not having with the narcotic I am on.

It is a new med that just became approved by the FDA around July 2004. The side effects are supposed to be drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth, & swelling of feet & hands along with weight gain. If you want to find out more about Lyrica, just enter the name in your search engine & there are many good information sites on this med along with the information on how it works in our bodies.

Hope you find some help with this,
Debbie