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Severe spinal stenosis

Spine Health | Last Active: Oct 30 9:42am | Replies (49)

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@loyal, https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/commonly-prescribed-drug-for-lower-back-pain-not-effective
Lyrica is known to cause numbness.
You figured out what it took researchers a long time to discover. . But don't reduce your dose without a physician's help. You should taper down or off gradually. There are some unpleasant withdrawal effects.

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Thanks. Your reply about the numbness helps. I will be careful with reducing my dose. I had PMR and was on prednisone for 13 months. The advice from Mayo clinic support group helped me with the prednisone reduction.