Pregabalin is used to treat pain caused by fibromyalgia, or nerve pain in people with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy), herpes zoster (post-herpetic neuralgia), or spinal cord injury. Pregabalin is also used with other medications to treat partial onset seizures in adults and children who are at least 4 years old
The most common side effects include dizziness, nausea, headache, vomiting, fatigue, vertigo, ataxia, blurred vision, and tremor.
contraindications exist but are more drug-specific, including hepatic failure, certain blood diseases, narrow-angle glaucoma, and familial short QT syndrome to name a few.
It is contraindicated in patients known to have mitochondrial disorders caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA polymerase (POLG; e.g., Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome) and children under two years of age who are suspected of having a POLG-related disorder
Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor, health care provider or pharmacist first.
Do not use in women of childbearing age unless the drug is essential to the management of the medical condition; all non-pregnant women of childbearing potential should use effective birth control if taking valproate products
Children younger than 2 years are at increased risk for fatal hepatotoxicity, particularly patients on multiple anticonvulsants, as well as those with congenital metabolic disorders, severe seizure disorders accompanied by mental retardation, or organic brain disease
Please consult your doctor when taking this medicine if you are pregnant.
Drugs such as doripenem, ertapenem, imipenem/cilastatin, meropenem, sodium oxybate, sodium phenylacetate and vorinostat.