Buster...I was on Lyrica for several months following my healing from the Shingles. I put on 30 pounds from it and I am still fighting to get it off, 4-5 years later. Even though during good weather I walk 4-5 miles a day, work out at a fitness center, eat like a bird, swim 64 laps a day in the summer and have had my gall bladder removed, which has made my eating ability even worse. I will NEVER do Lyrica again or anything similar to it. I had always been slim until the Lyrica and now it is a nightmare to loose even 10 pounds. Buster if you have a sciatic nerve problem you might prefer to check into seeing a nerve specialist and discuss Nerve Ablation. I tried it 3 times and it didn't work for me like the red light laser\ did, but like I try to explain to Hank we are all different. I can only tell you what has or has not worked for me. Jeri