PRESCRIPTION drugs gabapentin and pregabalin are to be reclassified by the UK government as a class C controlled substance, after experts issued safety warnings following an increase in deaths linked to its use.
A Home Office consultation has been launched in response to growing pressure for the drug to be reclassified to tackle misuse.
Addiction group Addaction lead pharmacist Rachel Britton said the deaths were associated with a cocktail of CNS affecting drugs which can eventually suppress respiration causing death.
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