Tag: pregabalin
Nantes, a doctor accused of having prescribed 541 boxes of pregabalin, the “poor man’s drug”
News Published on 11/21/2024 at 1:37 p.m. updated on 11/21/2024 at 1:37 p.m. Reading 2 min. Normally prescribed for neuropathic pain, pregabalin is regularly misused for its disinhibitory effects. In…
Niger dismantles networks of traffickers of tramadol and pregabalin drugs
In Niger, the Central Office for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking last week dismantled two networks of traffickers of opiate drugs, which are often diverted for non-medical use. He…
Pregabalin: new “poor man’s drug”, what effects?
Active ingredient of the drug Lyrica®, pregabalin is normally prescribed in cases of epilepsy or anxiety disorder but its misuse as a drug “essentially for high/euphoria” is progressing in France.…
What is pregabalin, this “poor man’s drug” which is gaining momentum in France?
News Published on 05/04/2023 at 4:35 p.m. Updated 05/04/2023 at 4:35 p.m. Reading 3 mins. Prescribed to treat neuropathic pain or epilepsy, pregabalin is misused as a drug by some…
What is pregabalin, this drug diverted into a drug?
Pregabalin (Lyrica) is a drug normally prescribed to calm the nervous system in epilepsy or an anxiety disorder. Lately, some users take it as a drug (“poor man’s drug”), which…