Lyrica & Brain Tumors

[tamaralee]

Is there evidence or are there cases in which Lyrica has been associated with brain tumors?
I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with meningioma.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
Lyrica has not been shown to have brain tumors in human beings. At least I am not aware of it. I am providing you with a link from the Pfizer Company on the drug: http://emc.medicines.org.uk/emc/assets/c/html/DisplayDoc.asp?DocumentID=14651

No evidence of meningioma or other brain tumors have been documented in preclinical studies on mice and rats as per this site.

However the drug is still under research by Pfizer for certain indications and also for safety labelling. Hence you can contact the company if you have a doubt regarding this.

Pfizer LYRICA Call Center for DPN and PHN Patients 1-866-4-LYRICA (1-866-459-7422)
Pfizer LYRICA Call Center for Fibromyalgia Patients 1-888-5-LYRICA (1-888-559-7422)

Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[OtisDaMan]

To the best of my knowledge, no. Unfortunately human trials of lyrica don't seem to have considered this

One study that was on rats/mice (can't remember, but its in pubmed)  had a noticeable but not statistically significant rise in brain tumors.

How long have you been on lyrica, and at what dose per day?

Regards,

   Don.