Public awareness and tighter prescribing restrictions linked to decline in pregabalin misuse

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A study found that pregabalin use and overdose rates in Australia leveled off and declined after 2018. The researchers link the change to public awareness of harms, tighter prescribing and supply restrictions, and new boxed warnings.

Unlike in many other developed countries, rates of pregabalin use and overdose have leveled off and declined in Australia since 2018 following high-profile media coverage of harms, restrictions on prescriptions and supply, and new boxed warnings, finds a study published by The BMJ.