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 ...

Retrospective cohort study compared heart failure risks of two nonopioid medications using Medicare data. The more potent pregabalin was associated with more heart failure events than gabapentin.

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers compared heart failure (HF) incidence between users of gabapentin and pregabalin. Non-opioid medications, such as gabapentin and ...

The antiseizure medication pregabalin, which is commonly prescribed for chronic pain, has been linked to an increased risk for heart failure (HF), particularly in those with a history of ...

(Reuters Health) - A class of medications used for nerve and muscle pain, including the popular drug Lyrica, increases users' risks for suicidal behavior, unintentional overdoses, injuries and car ...

Drugs like gabapentin and pregabalin are known to cause fluid retention, leading to symptoms that doctors can confuse for ...

Kashmiri youth are facing a new kind of danger. Pregabalin, a prescription medication meant to treat neuropathic pain, epilepsy, and anxiety, is increasingly being misused across the region. What ...

Clinicians may miss side effects of nerve pain drugs like gabapentin, leading to a chain of additional medications that cause ...

Harry Sumnall receives and has received funding from grant awarding bodies for drug and alcohol research. He was an unpaid member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) when the ...

Maree Smith currently holds competitive research grant funding from the Australian Research Council in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, from the National Health and Medical Research ...

The widely prescribed pain drug pregabalin (brand name: Lyrica) may be no better than a placebo when it comes to treating the back and leg pain known as sciatica, a new clinical trial suggests. The ...