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Mirogabalin besylate (mirogabalin, Tarlige) is a gabapentinoid therapy developed by Daiichi Sankyo, which is approved in Japan for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Mirogabalin has a potent pain-modulating effect with a unique high affinity and prolonged dissociation rate for the a2delta-1 subunit of voltage-gated calcium (Ca2+) channels (VGCCs) on the dorsal root ganglion resulting in more sustained analgesia compared with traditional gabapentinoids[1].

Mirogabalin has a superior adverse events (AEs) profile due to a rapid dissociation from the a2delta-2 subunit of VGCCs potentially implicated in central nervous system-specific AEs. The most common AEs for mirogabalin are dizziness (approximately 8-16%), somnolence (approximately 6-24%) and headache (approximately 6-14%), with a lower incidence of constipation, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, edema, fatigue and weight gain[1].

[1] J Burgess. “Mirogabalin besylate in the treatment of neuropathic pain.” Drugs of today 56 2 (2020): 135–149.