Deadly side effects: Drug causes thousands of deaths. Pregabalin is a narcotic used for epilepsy, nerve pain and anxiety.
In Germany, another drug scandal recently caused a stir, because pharmacies are said to have enriched themselves by selling free drugs. Just a year earlier, over eight million people in the UK received a prescription for pregabalin. The number has already risen to 780 in 2022, according to the Times. This represents the fastest increase in deaths from narcotics in the history of Great Britain.