Learn About Nerve Pain
Nerve pain can be one of the most severe, intense forms of pain that people feel. People often describe nerve pain as a burning, stabbing, shooting pain. Or unpleasant numbness and tingling sensations. Nerve pain is caused by damage to your nerves. And it is not at all rare.
Two of the most common types of nerve pain are Diabetic Nerve Pain and Pain after Shingles (SHIN-gulls).
- Diabetic Nerve Pain is a result of diabetes. More than 18 million Americans have diabetes. Up to half of them suffer from some type of nerve damage.* In some of these people, the nerve damage causes pain
- Pain after Shingles is pain that lasts for 3 or more months after the shingles rash heals.
If you have nerve pain, you may find it hard to do simple things like dressing, walking, or even just lying down.
Do you have diabetes and think you have nerve pain? If so, read about
Diabetic Nerve Pain and LYRICA® (pregabalin) Capsules CV.
Do you think you have nerve pain and have you had shingles? If so, read about Pain after Shingles and LYRICA.
LYRICA is not approved to treat other forms of nerve pain. If you think you may have nerve pain caused by something other than diabetes or shingles, you should talk to your doctor about the options that can help you.
The Pain Assessment Checklist may help you explain what you’ve been feeling to your doctor.
*Diabetes: Disabling, Deadly and on the Rise. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. 2005. Available at: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/aag/ddt.htm. Accessed January 13, 2005.
