Boxed warnings for pregabalin as deaths continue
The introduction of warning labels comes as a coroner calls for the drug to be covered in real-time prescription monitoring software.
New warnings on pregabalin will advise doctors to assess a patient’s risk of abuse before prescribing the drug and to monitor them regularly during treatment.
The TGA-mandated warnings have been introduced as the Victorian coroner has again recommended pregabalin be covered by the state’s prescription monitoring software, Safe Script, following another overdose death.
