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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD007076. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007076.pub2
Number of Percent with outcome
Outcome - daily dose Studies Participants Pregabalin Placebo Relative benefit (95% CI) NNT (95% CI)
At least 30% pain relief
150 mg no data
300 mg 2 482 59 45 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) 6.8 (4.3 to 17)
300 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 1 304 58 52 1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) not calculated
600 mg 3 819 63 43 1.5 (1.3 to 1.7) 5.1 (3.8 to 7.8)
600 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 2 641 62 48 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) 6.8 (4.4 to 15)
At least 50% pain relief
150 mg 2 359 27 23 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) not calculated
150 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 1 195 34 30 1.1 (0.8 to 1.7) not calculated
300 mg 4 823 40 26 1.5 (1.2 to 1.8) 7.5 (5.1 to 14)
300 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 3 645 38 29 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) 11 (6.1 to 54)
600 mg 6 1360 45 25 1.7 (1.5 to 2.0) 5.0 (4.0 to 6.6)
600 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 4 1005 46 30 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) 6.3 (4.6 to 10)
PGIC much or very much improved
150 mg 1 195 45 34 1.4 (0.96 to 2.0) not calculated
300 mg 2 359 48 30 1.6 (1.2 to 2.1) 5.6 (3.6 to 13)
300 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 1 195 42 33 1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) not calculated
600 mg 4 875 56 33 1.8 (1.5 to 2.1) 4.2 (3.3 to 5.8)
600 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 3 702 54 36 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) 5.4 (3.9 to 9.2)
Lack of efficacy discontinuation NNTp (95% CI)
150 mg 2 359 4 7 0.7 (0.3 to 1.5) not calculated
150 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 1 195 8 11 0.7 (0.3 to 1.7) not calculated
300 mg 2 341 3 8 0.4 (0.2 to 1.0) not calculated
600 mg 4 869 4 11 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) 14 (9 to 31)
600 mg (≥ 8 weeks) 3 702 4 14 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) 10 (6.9 to 20)