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Help docs, is gabapetin similar to lyrica (pregabalin)?
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Yes: Lyrica (pregabalin) is the next metabolite of gabapentin, or what happens after gabapentin goes through your liver, just saving your body one step of processing the medication.
Answered 7/27/2014
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