by Ian Hamilton and Harry Sumnall, The Conversation There has been a significant rise in deaths linked to the commonly prescribed anxiety drug, pregabalin. While in 2018 there were 187 deaths linked to pregabalin in England and Wales, this number was more than double in 2022—with 441 deaths linked to the drug. Recent press reports...
by University of New South Wales The use of pregabalin, a medicine for neuropathic pain, is relatively common among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs (PWID) in Australia, a new study by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center (NDARC), UNSW Sydney has found. In a sample of 905 participants from...
In a study of more than 200 patients, pregabalin performed no better than a dummy pill at relieving their agony In fact, the pill marketed by Pfizer left users with twice as many side effects Worldwide sales have swelled to $5 billion annually since its approval in 2004 Millions of back pain sufferers are being...
