pregablin

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hello anyone have been on pregablin for around a year and have recently started to put weight on at an alarming rate a couple to three pounds a week was worried in the begining but more so now been to the doctors who seem to say i wouldnt worry it helping reduce the symptoms of ms, feel a little like im grumbling but id like to know if there is any other drug out there that could take its place have already had gabapentin but this stopped working,

i will be seeing neurologist in just over a months time if there are any other drugs i could be looking in to them xx

please xx sam

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Hi Sam

I hope you are feeling well.

My husband takes Pregablin for Neuropathic pain caused by Osteoarthritis, he has found that he’s started putting on weight with them. His GP simply said to exercise, which was not very helpful as he finds it difficult. I take Gabapentin for burning sensation in my legs and find that these have also caused me to put on weight and a lot of it.

I’ve just accepted it but I know it has really affected my husbands emotional state, he gets very down about it. I hope that you find an answer, please let me know if you are offered anything else

Becksie x

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i took have put a stone and a half on through this med. I dont know the answer sorry x

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I have been on Pregabalin for about 18 months and Gabapentin for about 6 months prior to that. I too found that I put on weight, about 2 stones in the first 12 months. So I started to watch what I was eating and the weight seemed to be under control, even if it didn’t exactly fall off. I did lose some weight in the first 12 months of trying, about a stone, but I can’t shift the rest. I have decided to except my new weight, now. So long as I don’t start putting it on again. Worrying about is a fruitless exercise. I don’t know about you, but I can find enough things to worry about without adding to the list.

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I too am on pregabalin and have been for a number of years, fortunately I’ve not put weight on however I do watch what I eat.

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I have been back on this medication only since May and yes I too have put on weight. OK have stopped smoking but not increased eating at all. Was and am getting depressed as never been this big. Seeing doc on Monday, will ask for an alternative. Would stop taking but pain in hand gets so much worse - pain or fat!!!

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I have been back on this medication only since May and yes I too have put on weight. OK have stopped smoking but not increased eating at all. Was and am getting depressed as never been this big. Seeing doc on Monday, will ask for an alternative. Would stop taking but the pain I live with every day gets so much worse off the drugs (if it can). Thank you though, hate this place I am at the moment, but little better to hear I am not alone. So not fair! x