My husband began taking Lyrica in a drug study for epilepsy in about 2000. It helped his seizure control so much and he has taken ever since. After retiring he was able to receive patient assistance from Pfizer to cover the cost since Medicare didn't. Pfizer is stopping patient assistance this year. We cannot afford to pay the brand name cost, as it would be $10,000 +. Has anyone taking Lyrica for seizure control changed to the generic (pregabalin)? Did the generic work as well keeping good seizure control? At age 75 we worry about falls and just the possibility of having to live with loss of good seizure control. He will run out of the brand name Lyrica in about 1 month or so.
Thank you.