Spine and Back Health

Pain in Neck, Back and Leg

06/30/2009

Question:

I was given Lyrica for muscle pain. I took it one evening and the next morning I could barely get out of bed becuase my muscles where so stiff and painful. I took it that day and had other side effects. I stoped taking the medication and the side effects left except for the muscle pain. The pain is in my neck, down my back and leg. I never had that before I took the drug. I thought that it might be a pinched nerve but I don`t have any pins and needles or numbness. I can barely move. It is all on my left side. Can it still be a pinch nevre with out the pins and needles? What other things could cause this pain? Could it be the Lyrica?

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