Brand name: Lyrica (Generic: Pregabalin) Lyrica (pronounced LEER-i-kah) is an anti-convulsant (seizure) medicine and considered by many to be a pain relief medication. It is indicated for treatment of four specific conditions, and though it is not indicated or FDA approved for use to treat pain, it is prescribed (off label) by doctors to treat certain types of chronic pain.
neurocardiogenic syncope, a particularly serious type of vasovagal attack, the cause of which is unknown. A syncope with a psychogenic substrate and predisposition to bradycardia, hypotension and peripheral vasodilation.
Syncope (fainting) describes the transient loss of consciousness, which occurs when there is an abrupt reduction in blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain. An anoxic seizure is the collapse, stiffening with or without convulsive movements that occurs as a result of the lack of cortical control of the brainstem.