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Hi
I wondered if anyone has been on Pregablin and Fluoxetine at the same time, and whether this caused an interaction at all? I am currently on 60mg Fluoxetine but also still on 100mg Pregablin (which I am slowly coming off of).......I wonder whether being on the two at the same time could be making things worse?? any advice would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Donna x
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elizabeth85938 donna30993
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Hi Donna
?It is difficult to say, as you are coming off Pregabalin and possibly suffering withdrawals perhaps the fluoxetine may help rather than hinder. Pregab is a difficult drug to taper off and I am pleased you said you are doing this slowly. It is the only way to minimise withdrawals. Has your GP recently given you the fluoxetine? A lot of patients on Pregabalin are also on some form of anti-depressant but whether there would be a contraindication just with fluoxetine I don't know. Could you google this and put your mind at rest? Hope you feel better soon. I too am tapering off Pregab so I know where you are coming from, but I am not on anything else other than painkillers.
kim13481 donna30993
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HI Donna,
I have recently stopped taking both Pregabalin and Fluoxetine. I had taken the max dose of Pregablin for 6/7 years and fluoxetine for 18 years. I had no interaction between the two. Well I don't think I did. To be honest fluoxetine was a lifesaver for me. And then when I was prescribed Pregablin I thought I had at last discovered something that really helped with chronic pain. My GP did not tell me anything about it and I blindly took it for about 7 years increasing very quickly to the max dose per day. Then recently I was admitted to hospital with awful vomitting and couldn't keep anything down for a week therefore going cold turkey on all my meds. I was still very poorly when I came home from hospital and have been very unwell since. Yesterday I had a scan on my gall bladder to check if that maybe is why I have constant nausea and hot/cold sweats. But I think that it is all just withdrawal from Pregalin. After googling Pregabalin when I first came home from hospital and reading such horrendous stories of withdrawal I am kicking myself for not googling it when it was first prescribed. I would definitely keep taking the flouxetine if it is helping. Hope this helps Donna and good luck in tapering off your Pregablin :-)