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Progabide
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<p>Progabide (<a href="/facts/International_Nonproprietary_Name/wYL655x6">INN</a>; trade name Gabrene, <a href="/facts/Sanofi-Aventis/rLQc448b">Sanofi-Aventis</a>) is an <a href="/facts/Analog_(chemistry)/3aysWSVG">analogue</a> and <a href="/facts/Prodrug/cg0GNhH0">prodrug</a> of <a href="/facts/%CE%93-aminobutyric_acid/vRTeQQUG">γ-aminobutyric acid</a> (GABA) used in the treatment of <a href="/facts/Epilepsy/wawyp56a">epilepsy</a>. Via conversion into GABA, progabide behaves as an <a href="/facts/Agonist/nz8U5NNp">agonist</a> of the <a href="/facts/GABAA_receptor/6G4rAGb3">GABAA</a>, <a href="/facts/GABA_B_receptor/dRomDjtq">GABAB</a>, and <a href="/facts/GABAA-rho_receptor/sutE5vXr">GABAA-ρ receptors</a>. </p>