Pregabalin was developed by Parke-Davis in 1998.
== Medical uses ===== Seizures ===For drug-resistant focal epilepsy, pregabalin is useful as an add-on therapy to other treatments
 Pregabalin also closely resembles the -amino acids L-leucine and L-isoleucine, and this may be of greater relevance in relation to its pharmacodynamics than its structural similarity to GABA

