Pregabalin

Pregabalin is used to treat pain, epilepsy and anxiety.

It is also taken to treat nerve pain. Nerve pain can be caused by different illnesses including diabetes and shingles, or an injury.

Pregabalin works in different ways:

• in epilepsy it stops seizures by reducing the abnormal electrical activity in the brain
• with nerve pain it blocks pain by interfering with pain messages travelling through the brain and down the spine
• in anxiety it stops your brain from releasing the chemicals that make you feel anxious

It comes as capsules or a liquid that you drink.