Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Pregabalin Interaction

Drug interaction information between Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Pregabalin.

Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Pregabalin have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Pregabalin. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Buprenorphine/Naloxone

Partial Opioid Agonist / Antagonist

Drug B

Pregabalin

Anticonvulsant / Nerve Pain Agent

How They Interact

These drugs both slow down your brain and breathing, which can make you very sleepy or cause dangerous breathing issues.

FDA Label Information

Examples: Alcohol, benzodiazepines and other sedatives/hypnotics, anxiolytics, tranquilizers, muscle relaxants, general anesthetics, antipsychotics, gabapentinoids (gabapentin or pregabalin), and other opioids.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Buprenorphine/Naloxone + Pregabalin?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair minor. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Buprenorphine/Naloxone has 19 labeled pairs on file vs Pregabalin's 14. In the minor band specifically: Buprenorphine/Naloxone has 19 (also Gabapentin, Trazodone, Tramadol, Cyclobenzaprine); Pregabalin has 13 (also Lamotrigine, Topiramate, Lorazepam, Carbamazepine).

What mechanism field is on file for Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Pregabalin?

These drugs both slow down your brain and breathing, which can make you very sleepy or cause dangerous breathing issues.

Buprenorphine/Naloxone's labeled portfolio outnumbers Pregabalin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Buprenorphine/Naloxone (Partial Opioid Agonist / Antagonist); Pregabalin (Anticonvulsant / Nerve Pain Agent).

Buprenorphine/Naloxone

0 major · 0 moderate · 19 minor · 19 total

Pregabalin

0 major · 1 moderate · 13 minor · 14 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.