Rheumatology
Pregabalin is Safe, Cost-Effective, and Clinically Effective for Treatment of Fibromyalgia
- Fibromyalgia etiology is complex and multifaceted.
- Syndrome affects millions of patients worldwide.
- Fibromyalgia has significant negative personal, interpersonal, professional, and socioeconomic repercussions.
- While fibromyalgia is frequently recalcitrant, pregabalin has been found to be an anchor therapy for the syndrome.
- The syndrome afflicts between 6.5 million and more than 13 million Americans.
- Pharmacoeconomic studies have revealed that pregabalin is cost-effective.
