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Table 4 Daily dosing regimen by year for all first prescriptions of gabapentin or pregabalin

From: An observational descriptive study of the epidemiology and treatment of neuropathic pain in a UK general population

Drug

Year

n

OD

BD

TDS

Other

PRN

Unknown

gabapentin

2006

4,210

279 (6.6)

175 (4.2)

1,812 (43.0)

44 (1.0)

236 (5.6)

1,664 (39.5)

2007

5,433

307 (5.7)

178 (3.3)

2,392 (44.0)

29 (0.5)

217 (4.0)

2,310 (42.5)

2008

6,083

333 (5.5)

184 (3.0)

2,626 (43.2)

46 (0.8)

213 (3.5)

2,681 (44.1)

2009

6,938

374 (5.4)

181 (2.6)

3,073 (44.3)

38 (0.5)

217 (3.1)

3,055 (44.0)

2010

7,207

382 (5.3)

154 (2.1)

3,059 (42.4)

27 (0.4)

179 (2.5)

3,406 (47.3)

pregabalin

2006

2,719

139 (5.1)

1,336 (49.1)

453 (16.7)

10 (0.4)

79 (2.9)

702 (25.8)

2007

2,979

147 (4.9)

1,509 (50.7)

488 (16.4)

6 (0.2)

68 (2.3)

761 (25.5)

2008

3,652

236 (6.5)

1,690 (46.3)

608 (16.6)

18 (0.5)

94 (2.6)

1,006 (27.5)

2009

4,333

275 (6.3)

2,023 (46.7)

706 (16.3)

15 (0.3)

87 (2.0)

1,227 (28.3)

2010

5,416

328 (6.1)

2,518 (46.5)

822 (15.2)

14 (0.3)

116 (2.1)

1,618 (29.9)

  1. OD once daily, BD twice daily, TDS three times daily, PRN as required.