Lyrica patent - what does it mean for us?

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Lyrica is scheduled to go off patent at the end of 2018. Do we know if this is a certainty, or does Pfizer have some tricks up their sleeve to delay? If it goes off patent, how long until a generic form is available to consumers?

I'm asking because I'm losing my awesome pharmacy coverage (along with my job) at the end of November. Lyrica will cost 10x more under my partner's health insurance. I'm not sure whether I should hold out for a few months, or switch to a different med.
 
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Good to know! My doctor doubled my prescribed dose with the instructions to increase at my own pace, but I've held off on doing that so I can at least have a bit to hold me over. I've been stockpiling all my medications.
 

jesse's mom

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I would not double my lyrica if it were me. Go up as you must for now. Lyrica is hard on our liver and is very hard to get off of.
I am not a doctor, nor do I know what a pharmaceutical company might do!
 
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