Posted by ed_uk on November 7, 2004, at 13:58:27
In reply to Re: Pregabalin (Lyrica) for Social Phobia » ed_uk, posted by Iansf on November 7, 2004, at 13:19:19
Hello everyone... :-)
I'm starting to regret saying that 'the study should definately help'. I thought that the study would interest doctors who had not yet heard of the anxiolytic potential of pregabalin- that's why I said that some people may print it out. Basically, I was just trying to thank pseudonym for kindly providing the link to the study. I agree that the results are not impressive. At a dose of 600mg, 43% of patients experienced somnolence, 40% experienced dizziness and 21% had abnormal thinking. Pregabalin did not improve QOL. My opinion of pregabalin is the same as it always has been: it's just gabapentin(Neurontin) in disguise :-(
Perhaps a few people will prefer it to gabapentin, but many others will probably find that there's little to choose between them. For me, Neurontin was like a placebo so I'm not in a hurry to try Lyrica!
Ed
poster:ed_uk
thread:412679
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20041103/msgs/412946.html