More then 10cr people in India suffer from neuropathic pain condition*

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1) Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN)

What is DPN?

DPN is a common complication in patients with diabetes. It involves nerve damage, which can lead to numbness, loss of sensation, and pain in extremities, usually beginning in your feet and legs, and eventually progressing to your hands, if left unchecked.

Prevalence

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) is caused by nerves damage by diabetes. DPN which has a lifetime prevalence of approximately 50% is the most common diabetic complication.

Symptoms

Type of symptoms and intensity of pain varies from patient to patient. The common pain types experienced are: stabbing, shooting, throbbing, burning, tingling

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How does Pregabid CR work in DPN?

Pregabalin the active ingredient in Pregabid CR reduces the hyperexcitibility of damaged and dysregulated neurons along pain pathways and therefore effective in reducing the diabetic neuropathic pain.

In patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, pregabalin demonstrated early and sustained improvement in pain and a beneficial effect on sleep.*

Pregabid CR  offer patients an effective treatment option for DPN with the convenience of once-daily dosing.

Dose of Pregabid CR in DPN

Pregabid CR should be administered once daily after an evening meal.

Doctors begin dosing at 165 mg once daily and increase to 330 mg once daily within 1 week based on individual patient response and tolerability.

The maximum recommended dose of is pregabalin extended release tablets 330 mg once daily.

Do's

  • Eat a healthy diet, if you are overweight, ask your doctor how to lose weight
  • Get plenty of exercise

Don'ts

  • Do not treat corns or bunions without talking to your doctor
  • Do not wear uncomfortable or tight shoes

2) Post Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN)

What is PHN?

Post-herpetic neuralgia is lasting nerve pain in an area previously affected by shingles. Pain after shingles can vary from person to person:

  • Some may experience minor pain
  • Some may experience intense pain even at the gentlest touch

Prevalence

Post Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) is a frequent complication of herpes zoster. Shingles is a disease caused by varicella zoster virus. The same virus that causes chicken pox. The virus remains dormant in the body for decades and come up as painful shingles.

Symptoms

Type of symptom and intensity of pain depends on patient to patient. The common symptoms are: stabbing, burning, tingling, pain that fells like electric shock, shooting pain where shingle rash used to be.

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How does Pregabid CR work in PHN?

  • Pregabalin the active ingredient in Pregabid CR reduces the hyperexcitibility of damaged and disregulated neurons along pain pathways and therefore effective in reducing the diabetic neuropathic pain
  • Pregabalin provides significant pain relief and improvement quality of sleep in postherpetic neuralgia.
  • Pregabid CR offers patients an effective treatment option for PHN with the convenience of once-daily dosing.

Dose of Pregabid CR in PHN?

  • Pregabid CR should be administered once daily after an evening meal.
  • Doctors usually Begin dosing at 165 mg once daily and increase to 330 mg once daily within 1 week based on individual patient response and tolerability.
  • Patients who do not experience sufficient pain relief following 2 to 4 weeks of treatment with 330 mg once daily and who are able to tolerate pregabalin extended release tablets, may be treated with up to 660 mg once daily.

Do's

  • Apply warm compression on the affected part for about 30 mi to relieve the symptoms
  • Be gentle with the blisters and avoid scratching them

Don'ts

  • Do not share your used articles with others
  • Avoid staying in close physical contact with others for around 7-9 days until the blisters dry up
  • Do not sleep on lounge or sofa or any sagging mattress

3) Fibromyalgia

What is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a long-lasting or chronic neurological disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues.

Prevalence

Fibromyalgia is a specific kind of pain that’s chronic, widespread and accompanied by tenderness. It lasts for a long period, felt all over, both in the upper and lower part of the body and even a small amount of pressure can cause a lot of pain.

Symptoms

Type of symptom and intensity of pain depends on patient to patient. The Common symptoms are widespread pain, fatigue, waking up unfreshed, brain fog.

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How does Pregabid CR work in Fibromyalgia?

  • Fibromyalgia is believed to involve over-active nerves and dysregulation of neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) that transmit messages, including pain signals, between brain cells.
  • Pregabalin is believed to slow down certain impulses in the brain and stop over-active nerves from misfiring. It also may affect the way certain neurotransmitters function.
  • Pregabid CR may offer patients an effective treatment option for fibromyalgia with the convenience of once-daily dosing

Do's

  • Do keep your mind busy and stay mentally active

Don'ts

  • Avoid alcohol consumption
  • Avoid excessive exercise

4) Spinal Coral Injury (SCI)

What is SCI?

The term ‘spinal cord injury’ refers to damage to the spinal cord resulting from trauma (e.g. a car crash) or from disease or degeneration (e.g. cancer).

Most people with spinal cord injury experience chronic pain.

Prevalence

When the Spinal cord of a person gets injured, nerves often get damaged. This can cause specific type of nerve pain from spinal cord injury. This type of injury causes chronic pain condition and may even get worse in due course of time.

Symptoms

The common types of pain experience are : stabbing, shooting, throbbing, burning, tingling

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How does Pregabid CR work in SCI?

  • Pregabalin the active ingredient in Pregabid CR reduces the hyperexcitibility of damaged and dysregulated neurons along pain pathways and therefore effective in reducing the diabetic neuropathic pain
  • Pregabalin provides significant pain relief and improvement in quality of sleep in patients with spinal cord injury.
  • Pregabid CR offers patients an effective treatment option for pain in SCI with the convenience of once-daily dosing.

Do's

  • If needed, wear a brace, it will help stabilize your back as it heals
  • Regular, gentle movement helps keep blood circulating and spped up healing

Don'ts

  • Do not bend at the waist, instead bend at the knees to pick up objects
  • Avoid lifting heavy weights

5) Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)

What is Trigeminal Neuralgia?

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by short episodes of extreme pain in the head and face, interspersed by long periods in which symptoms are absent, or during which the patient experiences a dull background ache.

Prevalence

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic pain condition that effects the trigeminal nerve. which carries sensation from your face to your brain. TN has a higher incidence in women than men

Symptoms

The affected person will feel pain (shooting pain) on side of the face, especially on the cheeks and the mouth. A number of triggers can lead to the pain of trigeminal Neuralgia which include: while shaving, when some touches one’s face, when a person is eating something, while brushing teeth, smiling, washing one’s face.

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How does Pregabid CR work in Trigeminal Neuralgia?

  • Pregabalin the active ingredient in Pregabid CR reduces the hyperexcitibility of damaged and dysregulated neurons along pain pathways and therefore effective in reducing the diabetic neuropathic pain
  • Pregabalin is an effective treatment for TN-related pain.
  • Pregabid CR offers patients an effective treatment option with the convenience of once-daily dosing

Do's

  • Try to sleep on no infected side so that the muscles do not strain after waking up
  • Cover your face in cold weather and keep instant warm packs to soothe pain

Don'ts

  • Avoid meddling with facial area
  • Avoid draft of cold air or any kind of stimulation

6) Chronic Low Back Pain

Prevalence

Low Back Pain (LBP) is characterized as a pain localized in the lower spine, often with single or double sided radiation to the buttocks and thighs. Low back pain can occur in any age group.

Symptoms

Type of symptom and intensity of pain depends on patient to patient. The common symptoms are: dull aching pain that remains within the back pain, that travels to buttocks, legs and feet.

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Do's

  • In a workstation, sit firmly against the chair back
  • Sleep on a mattress, that supports your back’s natural curves

Don'ts

  • In a workstation, don’t lean forward to read the screen of the laptop
  • Do not sleep on lounge or sofa or any sagging mattress