Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman
Pregabalin is a drug that has been used in the management of partial epilepsy, generalized anxiety disorder, neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia. Recently, it has found usefulness in the management of alcohol withdrawal. The use of pregabalin in the elderly is scarce, and data on the same are not eas...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| author | Avinash De Sousa |
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| description | Pregabalin is a drug that has been used in the management of partial epilepsy, generalized anxiety disorder, neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia. Recently, it has found usefulness in the management of alcohol withdrawal. The use of pregabalin in the elderly is scarce, and data on the same are not easily available. We report herewith the case of pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman with depression and anxiety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-69719ef1cf2345c59c1d3bdd2e5835052022-12-21T23:51:50ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Geriatric Mental Health2348-99952395-33222019-01-0161262710.4103/jgmh.jgmh_35_18Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old womanAvinash De SousaPregabalin is a drug that has been used in the management of partial epilepsy, generalized anxiety disorder, neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia. Recently, it has found usefulness in the management of alcohol withdrawal. The use of pregabalin in the elderly is scarce, and data on the same are not easily available. We report herewith the case of pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman with depression and anxiety.http://www.jgmh.org/article.asp?issn=2348-9995;year=2019;volume=6;issue=1;spage=26;epage=27;aulast=DeAnxietydepressionmisusepregabalinpregabalin misuse |
| spellingShingle | Avinash De Sousa Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman Journal of Geriatric Mental Health Anxiety depression misuse pregabalin pregabalin misuse |
| title | Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman |
| title_full | Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman |
| title_fullStr | Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman |
| title_short | Pregabalin misuse in a 75-year-old woman |
| title_sort | pregabalin misuse in a 75 year old woman |
| topic | Anxiety depression misuse pregabalin pregabalin misuse |
| url | http://www.jgmh.org/article.asp?issn=2348-9995;year=2019;volume=6;issue=1;spage=26;epage=27;aulast=De |
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