To characterize the comorbidities, pain-related pharmacotherapy, and healthcare resource use among older patients with fibromyalgia (FM) newly prescribed pregabalin in clinical practice. These results ...

State Medicaid programs’ pregabalin prior authorization accomplished the objective of lower pregabalin utilization; the unintended effects were increased opioid use and increased disease-related ...

pill bottles Pregabalin, a drug often used for anxiety, pain, and other neurologic disorders, may be linked to a higher risk of major birth defects, researchers reported in a Neurology study.

Taking pregabalin (Lyrica) during pregnancy may be associated with a higher risk of major birth defects, researchers found. Women who'd taken the drug also had a lower live birth rate compared with ...

HealthDay News — Pregabalin is beneficial for neuropathic pain, regardless of previous gabapentin use, according to research published online September 9 in Pain Practice. John D. Markman, MD, from ...

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of our co-authors Karen Smith, Debbie Scott and Paul Dietze. Thanks to Ambulance Victoria for providing the data and the Population Health team at Turning ...

Gabapentinoid users increased from 4.0% in 2015 to 4.7% in 2021, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data showed. Moreover, gabapentinoids -- which includes gabapentin and pregabalin -- continued ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Pfizer halted a late-stage study of its second-best selling drug, Lyrica, as a possible treatment for a nerve pain in HIV patients. The world’s largest drugmaker said Friday it was ...