Changing from 200mg 3x/day to 330mg ER once daily?
BLUF: Currently taking Pregabalin 200mg 3x daily for the last 3 years for serious nerve pain in my feet. Neuropathy was caused by chemotherapy (Oxaliplatin) in 2021. Interested in changing to 330mg Extended Release.
History: Began with Gabapentin in 2021 until I was on the maximum dose and it was not enough. Changed to Pregabalin in 2023ish. Began on a lower dose (don't remember the steps). Been on the maximum 200mg 3x daily for years now.
Impacts: The current maximum 200mg 3x daily dose is frankly barely enough. I'm still in pain most of the time every day. Towards the end of the 8 hour period, pain increases. Of course without it, the pain would be excruciating. I don't even know what the side-effects of it are since I've been on it so long. I am always tired and I'm fat, so there's that. But I've been on it so long, IDK what is a side effect of the Pregabalin vs some other crap in my life.
Change: In the interest of taking less drugs and maybe less side effects, I'm wondering what I may expect by changing to 330mg extended release once daily.