Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Pregabalin, a prescription medication meant to treat anxiety, epilepsy, and nerve pain is being sold without a prescription at multiple government-run Jan Aushadhi Kendras and private pharmacies across the national capital.

According to a report by Hindustan Times, the medicine, which is also now dubbed as the "trance drug," is readily available, despite being a scheduled drug that should only be sold with a doctor's prescription.

Pregabalin is in a class of medications called anticonvulsants. In anxiety, it stops the brain from releasing the chemicals that make a person anxious.

Pregabalin, marketed under brand names such as Lyrica, Alzain, and Axalid, is meant to be dispensed only with a doctor's prescription.

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