Pain.....medication question

I am in soooo much pain!   I am on 450 mg Lyrica a day - take 100 mg at a time several times a day.   It doesn't seem to have any affect on my symptoms.  Has anyone else tried Lyrica with no results?  What medications help you?

All lyrica did for me was make me gain weight, little to nothing for pain relief. I'm taking cymbalta right now but need to up my dose and doc says not now! The only thing that really helps my pain is narcotic pain meds. I take 30 mg morphine 2x a day and oxycodone 3-4 times a day for break thru pain but I still hurt, just not as bad. I sure wish some one would find a cure for this cause I get so tired of being in pain!

sorry you're hurting so badly, divinity.
i recently raised the dosage on lyrica and am taking it along with cymbalta, tizanidine, alprazolam  i still notice flares - more frequently with the colder weather and if i drive a longer distance.  something about not moving for a longer time period, i guess.
anyway - stay warm.  be kind to yourself.  when my pain is flaring i can do little more than sit or lay down.  and even then, i twitch and ache...  but it'll get better.  healing thoughts...
dorthe

When I was taking Cymbalta, I couldn't tell the difference when I was on it and when I went off of it.  Except the side effects even when tapered off, were so horrible.  I wouldn't want that to happen to each of us just to find out the med doesn't work.  Narcotics work the best.  I am taking the fentanyl patch 50mcg and Norco as the break through med.  But I think even with the best of the best for each of us, unless we live in Hawaii or somewhere warm year round are going to have no results for the winter months.  I was actually planning to see if I would be able to get 3 months temp disability during the winter and just hibernate like a bear.  I don't know what else to do.  I am pretty much useless to my family and work, so why not stay in bed and get some excercise to where I don't fall apart, but these are the meds that help me.