Hi - I've just been prescribed a drug called 'pregabalin'. I've started on 75mg once a day, but after a week it's to increase to x2 75mg daily, and the plan is to max it out at x3 75mg daily in a month (ongoing). This is for two things: (1) I suffer from anxiety disorder, and (2) I've been suffering chronic neuropathic pain for nearly 11 months, and take 400mg tramadol daily, as well as gabapentin and amitriptyline. My GP wanted me to reduce these other meds, especially the gabapentin, and place me on pregabalin.
I've taken this drug for the past couple of days, and it's made me feel 'woozy' and sleepy (although, to be fair, the other drugs did that too). But I feel better on these - as an immediate response - than I was before. Certainly no nasty side-effects.
Has anyone else taken this? Have you experienced side-effects? Has the drug been effective?