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SUBMITTER: Derry S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6457745 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Derry Sheena S Cording Malene M Wiffen Philip J PJ Law Simon S Phillips Tudor T Moore R Andrew RA
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20160929
<h4>Background</h4>This review updates part of an earlier Cochrane review on 'Pregabalin for acute and chronic pain in adults' (Moore 2009), and considers only fibromyalgia pain.Antiepileptic drugs have been used in pain management since the 1960s. Pregabalin is an antiepileptic drug also used in management of chronic pain conditions, including fibromyalgia. Pain response with pregabalin is associated with major benefits for other symptoms, and improved quality of life and function in people wit ...[more]