Table 3

Diagnostic reasons for pregabalin/gabapentin (P/G) prescriptions in 2015 (n=61 828)

ICD diagnosesNumber of insured persons with P/G prescriptions%
Pain* (exclusive)48 19077.9
Epilepsy† (exclusive)7931.3
Anxiety disorder‡ (exclusive)7071.1
Pain+anxiety disorder24043.9
Pain+epilepsy22223.6
Pain+epilepsy+anxiety disorder1620.3
Epilepsy+anxiety disorder490.1
No pain, epilepsy or anxiety disorder719811.6
  • *All ICD-10 pain diagnoses listed in the supplementary information.

  • †ICD codes: G40.- | G41.-.

  • ‡ICD codes: F41.1.