Determining the toxicological significance of pregabalin in fatalities - Elliott SP, Burke T, Smith C.
Pregabalin has become more widely prescribed and abused in recent years but is still not always included in laboratory analysis. An LC-MS-MS method has been developed and applied to measure pregabalin in 93 postmortem cases, including drug-related deaths, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Lyrica (pregabalin)
Title: Lyrica (pregabalin)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/2/2007 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - November 4, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Lower PNP costs with pregabalin vs gabapentin in Spain
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - October 31, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Preop Pregabalin Cuts Postop Nausea Preop Pregabalin Cuts Postop Nausea
As well as being opioid-sparing and curbing postoperative pain, preoperative pregabalin helps quell subsequent nausea and vomiting, according to a new meta-analysis.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - August 22, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: Anesthesiology News Source Type: news
Me vs. Fibromyalgia -- SPECIAL EDITION -- Marshall Field V: 6 Tips on Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain is brutal, unpredictable, exhausting and of course, really painful. Somedays it feels a tornado ravaged my body, leaving nothing but wreckage behind. Chronic Pain takes away my comfort. Chronic Pain takes away my energy and even my independence. But there is one thing that Chronic Pain cannot touch: my mindset. That being true, I decided years ago that keeping an optimistic, victim-free attitude would always be a top priority in my life. So when Marshall Field told me about his no excuses and no BS mentality with Chronic Pain, I felt the Fibro Warrior in me come to the front line.
I closed out Part 1 with a f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meds for Teen Fibromyalgia? Not So Fast (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Primary endpoint failed in a randomized trial of pregabalin (Source: MedPage Today Pain Management)
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - August 12, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
A decade of gabapentinoid misuse: an analysis of the European Medicines Agency's 'Suspected Adverse Drug Reactions' Database - Chiappini S, Schifano F.
INTRODUCTION: The gabapentinoids pregabalin and gabapentin are being increasingly prescribed for a range of clinical conditions. Recently, although gabapentinoids at therapeutic dosages may present with low addictive liability levels, cases of misuse and r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Pregabalin Linked to Major Birth DefectsPregabalin Linked to Major Birth Defects
Exposure to pregabalin, an antiepileptic also prescribed for pain and psychiatric disorders, during pregnancy is linked to a 3-fold increased risk for major birth defects, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - May 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Maternal pregabalin exposure linked to major birth defect risk
First trimester exposure to pregabalin may be associated with an increased risk of major birth defects, an observational study suggests. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Birth defect risk may increase with use of pain, anxiety drug in pregnancy
Women who take the drug pregabalin - used to treat pain, anxiety, and epilepsy - during pregnancy may be more likely to have a child with a birth defect, say researchers. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
Epilepsy Drug Lyrica Linked to Birth Defects Risk
Expectant mothers should probably avoid the drug, experts say, although study didn't prove cause and effect (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pain, Seizure Drug Linked to Birth Defects in Small Study (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Maternal use of pregabalin (Lyrica) might be associated with increased risk for birth defects in offspring, according to a small case-control study in Neurology. In the U.S., pregabalin is … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 18, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pain, epilepsy drug Lyrica may increase birth defects risk, study suggests
Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News The widely prescribed drug pregabalin, sold as Lyrica, may slightly increase the risk for birth defects, a new study suggests. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Human Birth Defects Seen With Pregabalin (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Time for a pregnancy category change? (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - May 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Common drug taken for anxiety, pain and epilepsy 'could cause birth defects'
Pregabalin is approved to treat epilepsy, fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain - such as pain from diabetic neuropathy or pain after shingles or spinal cord injury. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
