"in late 2007 i was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease with several herniated discs and was prescribed lyrica 75 mg x 3 a day and after 3 or 4 days the pain was gone. jan of 2008 i had spinal fusion surgery on c6 c7 because the herniated disc had my spine squeezed down to smaller than a cigarette (7mm). after surgery and weaning off of narcotics (hydrocodone) after about 6 months the pain came back worse than before.  doctor wouldn&#039;t give me lyrica again and eventually was taking 120mg hydrocodone or more per day and still in pain and couldn&#039;t sleep. after switching to pain management doc i began lyrica again (225mg x 3 per day) doesn&#039;t help as much as before but still much better. no side effects other than hard to concentrate."