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Suggest Treatment For Side Effects Of Pregabalin
Question: I have been prescribed Pregabalin and Butrans patches for sciatic from the end of the first week I had terrible memory loss, I have now come off both drugs Pregabalin 3 months ago and BuTrans 10 patches yesterday, will my memory come back or have I damaged it permanantly?
Brief Answer:
pregabalin is not supposed to cause symptoms now
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
pregabalin and butrans have a lot of neurological side effects. The effects are supposed to wear off after stopping the treatment. My opinion is that you should visit a neurologist with an interest in dementia and proceed to appropriate testing including functional tests and a brain MRI. The functional tests will document (or not) the cognitive decline and the brain MRI will help to identify potential structural changes that cause such symptoms - they may include pathological conditions like tumors or 'normal' conditions like progressive age-related shrinking of the brain.
Besides the aforementioned investigations, a careful review of any medication (including supplements) you may take can be helpful. Some of them may cause various problems.
I hope you find my comments helpful!
You can contact me again, if you'd like any clarification or further information.
Kind Regards!
pregabalin is not supposed to cause symptoms now
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
pregabalin and butrans have a lot of neurological side effects. The effects are supposed to wear off after stopping the treatment. My opinion is that you should visit a neurologist with an interest in dementia and proceed to appropriate testing including functional tests and a brain MRI. The functional tests will document (or not) the cognitive decline and the brain MRI will help to identify potential structural changes that cause such symptoms - they may include pathological conditions like tumors or 'normal' conditions like progressive age-related shrinking of the brain.
Besides the aforementioned investigations, a careful review of any medication (including supplements) you may take can be helpful. Some of them may cause various problems.
I hope you find my comments helpful!
You can contact me again, if you'd like any clarification or further information.
Kind Regards!
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