Lyrica has ruined my life. It wasnt bad enough with the pain from my back injury. I only took lyrica 2 weeks. The weight gain was bad. I loss 1/3 of my hair in 4 months. I have had a rash for over 1 year now. I mean a bad rash. This was my first side effect. And they warn you of this. Get off lyrica asap if you get a rash. I thought i was having a stroke the first week on lyrica when they rushed me to the hospital. I had read on the internet of how many young people have died from strokes from taking lyrica. My vision is so bad now. I can barely drive at night time and i have to were glasses to see the tv. The worst side effect ive had and still have is the terrible, terrible pain in all my joints. My knees are so bad and my hands and fingers & joints pound and throb 24-7. The swelling in my arms and hands was so bad at one time , i thought i would loose my limbs due to non circulation. The pain is so bad in knees, i can barely walk everyday. I am self employed and i type and write all day. My hands hurt so bad. I can barely hold anything in the mornings to pin my hair up or put on my makeup. As bad as my pain was and is in my back and cyatic nerve the lyrica did help. It was a miricle. But i only took it 2 weeks and after 1 year i still have all the terrible side effects. Ive been looking on the internet for other peoples bad reactions and i was told by my doctor and the hospital, i had a very bad reaction to it. Ive seen alot of people say they have never got rid of the knee pain and joint pain. Very scary. I called physier the drug company that makes lyrica. I told them the side effects that i was having and the first question they asked me was how was my eye sight. I had a fit. I told the the double viosion and blury vision was bad. They made the comment to me that physier was doing a study on this side effect. I was in an automobile accident, that was bad enough, but this drug lyrica has ruined my life and there is no cure. There is numerous law suits against this drug. I will never be the same again!