Hi, I am on Lyraca for fibromyalgia. My dosage was just increased from 225mg to 300mg/day. since the increase, I have been having tingling in my left and and forearm (kinda like it's falling asleep). One site I was on said to call the doc right away for that. All the other sites don't even mention it. Any suggestions.
Q: Numbness and tingling in left hand and forearm.
Answers (3)
4/24/11 11:04pm
Hello, Daina,
If I were you, I would call my doctor. Yours is a strange side effect, but medicine affects each of us differently. You could also call your pharmacist. Pharmacists are usually very helpful in this area.
Best Wishes,
V
4/25/11 12:20pm
when you're experiencing a weird symptom that appear related to medication, it is important to contact your doctor right away. That said, numbness and tingling that is limited to one part of your body, such as your hand and forearm, could be due to a pinched nerve in your shoulder, so you may want to get checked out by your doctor.
Good luck! Please keep us posted?
4/25/11 1:13pm
Hi Daina,
It could be coincidental that you've noticed the tingling in your arm with the increase in your Lyrica dose. There are so many potential causes of tingling that it would be important to mention it to the doctor. Some of our biological drugs even carry neurological side-effect risks. Always good to err of the side of caution. Call the doctor.
4/28/11 10:04am
Had an xray. Speems the damage to my spine from so many years with this disease has increased significantly in the past three years. That has somehow "probably" caused a nerve to be pinched. Since I just had an MRI, doc doesn't want to put me through it again so soon, so after about three weeks of prescribed physical therapy, they'll look at it again. Yay to it not being the meds.....
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Thanks everyone for the responses. I've spoken with my Rheumy and my pcp and I'm getting an mri. the both think its a pinched nerve or maybe another herniation of one of the discs.....