Posted by yxibow on November 22, 2006, at 0:40:44
In reply to Re: Hypersomnia » Quintal, posted by Phillipa on November 21, 2006, at 18:12:03
> So what class of drugs is lyrica? And it really works for anxiety and depression? Love Phillipa
Lyrica is an AED (anti-epileptic drug), a class frequently used offlabel by psychiatrists because some do posess anxiolytic and anti-manic properties.
Specifically it is a structurally related GABA analogue / isomer / etc. such as Neurontin but with a Category V slapped on it (the lowest form of dependency -- I've never heard of any C-V drugs in recent times actually), which passes through the blood-brain barrier unlike the supplement GABA which basically never makes it there.
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