Lyrica

The prescription medicine Lyrica is a brand of the generic drug pregabalin and is used totreat seizures, relieve nerve pain and prevent anxiety. This drug is manufactured by Pfizer and there are currently no generic forms of it available. It was the first FDA-approved medication for fibromyalgia patients.

Lyrica is available in capsule form, in the following dosages: 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg and 300 mg. It is also available in oral solution: 20 mg/mL. Lyrica users take a dose of the drug two or three times a day. Although Lyrica is known to have anti-anxiety properties, it is not exactly known how the drug works to treat seizures and nerve pain. It may be related to pregabalin’s ability to bind certain parts of calcium channels in the central nervous system.

Pregabalin is primarily used to treat epilepsy, fibromyalgia and nerve pain. It treats a certain type of epileptic seizure called partial seizures, relieves the pain associated with fibromyalgia and alleviates the chronic nerve pain associated with shingles and diabetes.

lyricaAlthough Lyrica may be an effective anxiety medication due to its anti-anxiety properties, it’s not officially approved for anxiety treatment at present. Another possible off-label use for the drug is to relieve moderate pain, such as that commonly experienced after a dental procedure.