Gabapentin is Neurontin, Pregabalin is Lyrica.
Lyrica frightens me more than Neurontin. Lyrica can cause significant weight gain, and could be a B word for diabetes. Also, it is addictive.
Neurontin has been around much longer, but eventually you become tolerant to it.
Fentanyl is good, but STRONG! Has he tried Lidoderm for specific site pain?
The FDA is dragging its heels on Acomplia, and I'm not quite sure why (the data doesn't support the holdback). I believe Merck and Pfizer are also working on something very very similar. It's going to be an entire new class of drugs, and they think they have only scartched the surface (I'm sure Coli, NG, and Mr. Info know a lot more on this than me).