lyrica is this prescribed frequently to people with Fibromyalgia?
Is Lyrica prescribed to people with Fibromyalgia? Is the duragesic patch prescribed to people with Fibromyalgia? Thanks :)
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1. New evidence is supporting using Lyrica (pregabalin) for treating fibromyalgia. From Medscape:"The anticonvulsant pregabalin (Lyrica) is effective in the treatment of pain from fibromyalgia, according to a team of investigators who presented their data here at the 70th annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology."
2. Pfizer (the company that makes Lyrica) is putting a huge amount of money into marketing Lyrica to doctors, so some of them are prescribing Lyrica to their patients. The real question, though, is whether or not their insurance companies will pay for it after whatever free samples Pfizer has given out are gone, since Lyrica isn't approved by the FDA for treatment of fibromyalgia (not yet, as far as I know). Insurance companies are more and more strict about not paying for drugs that are prescribed "off-label," meaning to treat diseases for which they haven't been approved by the FDA.
The duragesic patch can be used for people with FMS, but most doctors prescribe pills for narcotic pain relief instead of patches.
