Pregabalin and Panic attacks - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Panic attacks is reported as a side effect among people who take Pregabalin (pregabalin), especially for people who are female, 40-49 old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Ocrevus, and have Depression.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Panic attacks when taking Pregabalin. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 73,056 people who have side effects when taking Pregabalin from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Pregabalin?

Pregabalin has active ingredients of pregabalin. It is often used in fibromyalgia. eHealthMe is studying from 74,052 Pregabalin users. Check the latest studies of Pregabalin.

What is Panic attacks?

Panic attacks is found to be associated with 2,602 drugs and 2,067 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Panic attacks.



On Sep, 11, 2025

73,056 people reported to have side effects when taking Pregabalin.
Among them, 377 people (0.52%) have Panic attacks.

Could Pregabalin cause Panic attacks?

Among these 377 people:

How long have people been on Pregabalin when they have Panic attacks? *

  • < 1 month: 61.36 %
  • 1 - 6 months: 25.0 %
  • 6 - 12 months: 4.55 %
  • 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
  • 2 - 5 years: 9.09 %
  • 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
  • 10+ years: 0.0 %

What is the gender of people who have Panic attacks when taking Pregabalin? *

  • female: 62.46 %
  • male: 37.54 %

What is the age of people who have Panic attacks when taking Pregabalin? *

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 2.63 %
  • 20-29: 17.76 %
  • 30-39: 17.11 %
  • 40-49: 25.99 %
  • 50-59: 16.12 %
  • 60+: 20.39 %

What are other drugs people take besides Pregabalin? *

  1. Ocrevus: 61 people, 16.18%
  2. Pantoprazole: 47 people, 12.47%
  3. Diazepam: 45 people, 11.94%
  4. Clonazepam: 39 people, 10.34%
  5. Aspirin: 36 people, 9.55%
  6. Simvastatin: 32 people, 8.49%
  7. Metformin: 31 people, 8.22%
  8. Escitalopram: 28 people, 7.43%
  9. Zopiclone: 26 people, 6.90%
  10. Prednisone: 25 people, 6.63%

What are other side effects people have besides Panic attacks? *

  1. Dizziness: 148 people, 39.26%
  2. Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 134 people, 35.54%
  3. Drug Ineffective: 119 people, 31.56%
  4. Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 114 people, 30.24%
  5. Depression: 104 people, 27.59%
  6. Insomnia (sleeplessness): 98 people, 25.99%
  7. Suicidal Ideation: 97 people, 25.73%
  8. Tremor (trembling or shaking movements in one or more parts of your body): 94 people, 24.93%
  9. Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the nasopharynx): 92 people, 24.40%
  10. Heart Palpitations (feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing): 79 people, 20.95%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

  1. Depression: 50 people, 13.26%
  2. Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (reoccurrence of an inflammatory disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged): 35 people, 9.28%
  3. Headache (pain in head): 30 people, 7.96%
  4. Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (primary progressive inflammatory disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged): 29 people, 7.69%
  5. Neuralgia (pain in one or more nerves): 24 people, 6.37%
  6. Narcolepsy (brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally): 22 people, 5.84%
  7. Sleep Disorder: 19 people, 5.04%
  8. Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (a stage of ms which comes after relapsing remitting ms in many cases): 19 people, 5.04%
  9. Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 18 people, 4.77%
  10. Hypocalcaemia (levels of calcium in blood serum are abnormally low): 15 people, 3.98%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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Sub-studies by gender and age:

Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

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How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on pregabalin (the active ingredients of Pregabalin) and Pregabalin (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.

How to use the study?

DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.

Who is eHealthMe?

With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).

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