pregabalin
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pregabalin (uncountable)
(pharmacology) An anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain and as an adjunct therapy for seizures.
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The oral solution is 20 mg pregabalin per milliliter (mL) and prescriptions should be written in milligrams (mg).
In the present era of limited therapeutic options, pregabalin undoubtedly retains its role as one of cardinal drugs used in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
Patients were permitted up to 4 grams of per day as needed for pain, in addition to pregabalin.
The low effect dose for developmental neurotoxicity and reproductive impairment in juvenile rats (50 mg/kg) was associated with a plasma pregabalin exposure (AUC) approximately equal to human exposure at the maximum recommended dose of 600 mg/day.