Just had a realization that this massive current big-fatigue problem started right around when I started on Lyrica, which hasn’t helped with my pain at all, and I do recall mentioning the fatigue to my doctor and her suggesting some other things to try, but uh, maybe this is just as useless for me as gabapentin was| busybee
I had a long-overdue physical with my doctor last week, and after explaining my various struggles with fibromyalgia, long COVID, and suspected ME/CFS she put me on two new medications, Singulair, for the persistent shortness of breath, and Lyrica (pregabalin), for the chronic pain. I’ve only been on them for a few days but here’s some observations so far:| busybee: fluffy rambles
Six or more prescriptions associated with, respectively, 29% and 85% heightened risks, and risks more than doubled in 18-64 year olds, shows large medical record study Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)–29% and 85%, […] The post Nerve pain drug gabapentin linked to increased dementia, cognitive impairment risks appeared first on Journal of A...| Journal of Anaesthesia Practice
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