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gabapentin is very similar, but less potent and more difficult to dose (you can't take your dose all at once, it's even often prescribed in a way that makes it not absorb well, it needs to be taken at 300mg every 30-45 minutes, with food in the stomach, as it is an unusual drug that is absorbed via an amino acid transporter in the small intestine). But it has the same mechanism of action, the effects are less powerful but quite similar. it is less intoxicating and less addictive, though still produces withdrawals. It fully substitutes for pregabalin and vice versa, so you won't have to withdraw from pregabalin. I am nearly certain that is what they will switch you to as it is the closest drug and the only one that will fully substitute without issues, and it is considered safer and less prone to abuse.