Pregabalin is a structural analogue of, but functionally unrelated to, the naturally occurring neurotransmitter -aminobutyric acid (GABA) with potent analgesic, anticonvulsant and anxiolytic activity.The abuse potential of pregabalin is a well-documented with high risk of addiction that may be fatal with overdoses particularly, among opiate addicts and polydrug use dependency syndrome, consequently, it is very pertinent to determine pregabalin in a sensitive and selective manner. Herein, for the fi rst time the use of β-cyclodextrin:phosphomolybdic acid organic-inorganic hybrid material as a neutral ionophore in polymeric membrane based selective sensors for the determination of pregabalin in its pharmaceutical formulations has been reported. The fabricated sensors yielded an excellent performance, with a linear range from 1.0×10 6 to 1.0×10 1 M pregabalin, a response slope closer to the ideal Nernstian value; 59.6 mV per decade as well as a detection limit was 6.0×10 7 M and very short response time of about 5 s for high concentrations. The most interesting feature of the sensors is their remarkably selective recognition for pregabalin compared with opioids and this is an important issue that is suited to practical applications. The sensors were effectively used for the determination of pregabalin in pharmaceutical formulations with a recovery of 100.97%±0.17. On comparison with β-cyclodextrin, the proposed sensors exhibited the best performance characteristics.