Clinicians may miss side effects of nerve pain drugs like gabapentin, leading to a chain of additional medications that cause ...

Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, ...

A viewer tells us they started taking Lyrica after taking gabapentin for several years; they'd like to know the side effects for both. Doctor Lacy Anderson has more. Lyrica, or pregabalin, is a ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a troubling new warning about popular nerve pain medications – saying the drugs could cause severe breathing problems and even ...

Drugs like gabapentin and pregabalin are known to cause fluid retention, leading to symptoms that doctors can confuse for ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. health regulators are warning that popular nervous system medications can cause dangerous breathing problems when combined with opioids and certain other drugs. The Food and Drug ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Risks were high for people with chronic kidney disease or significant frailty. Odds of hip ...

Medicare Advantage (Part C) and Part D prescription drug plans may cover Lyrica, a drug used to treat nerve pain and seizures. However, the generic version, pregabalin, may be more cost-effective. The ...

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's pain drug Lyrica won expanded U.S. approval to treat nerve pain associated with spinal cord injuries, the world's largest drugmaker said on Thursday. The additional approval ...

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin—which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain—leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more side ...