I have recently had a rather strange experience with Lyrica. This is a "restricted drug" in my state of California, not sure about other places but have not heard it mentioned here. Was only allowed enough medication for 28 days at a time. Have been taking it for 2-3 years with gradual increases from my doctor over time. Was taking only 50mg 2 at night 1 in daytime and it really helped my pain & functionality a lot! About 6 months after the last increase, I noticed I was hurting more so, on my own, I increased my dosage to 2 in daytime as an experiment & it helped but it meant I would come up short at end of the time period. I thought my doctor would just write another script for what I needed but she refused. Even refused to give me an alternative. Perhaps she was also restricted, I don't know. The result was that I was forced to "cold turkey" rather than taper off this medication for a few days. With the help of lots of Acetaminophen & sleeping pills I made it through. When I finally got my medication back, my doctor did increase it to 200mg per day, but I am still having trouble getting back to feeling very well. I am 85 years old but otherwise in good health, the only other prescription I take is for blood pressure, I do supplement with B12, ALA & magnesium. Hopefully my body will eventually adjust.