| Pharmaceutical
Name |
Trade Name |
Seizure Type |
Web
Sites |
| carbamazepine |
Tegretol, Carbitrol |
partial, GTC,
mixed |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/carbam.htm http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-t01.html |
| clobazam |
Frisium |
tonic-clonic,complex
partial, myoclonic |
http://www.epilepsyontario.org/meds/clobazam.html |
| clonazepam |
Klonopin,
Rivotril |
LGS, akinetic,
myoclonic, absence |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/clonaz.htm http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-r04.html |
| diazepam |
Valium,
Diastat, T-Quil |
clusters,
status epilepticus |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-v01.html http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/valium/default.html |
| ethosuximide |
Zarontin,
Emeside |
absence |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-z01.html http://www.rxmed.com/monographs/zarontin.html
http://www.parke-davis.com/Zarontin.html |
| felbamate |
Felbatol |
partial,
general, LGS |
http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/epilepsy/pediatric/articleFelbamate.html http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic3/felbamate.htm |
| gabapentin |
Neurontin |
partial,
tonic-clonic |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/gabapent.htm http://www.parke-davis.com/Neurontin.htm
http://www.virtualdrugstore.com/als/gabapentin.html |
| lamotrigine |
Lamictal |
partial |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/lamotrigine.htm http://www.noah.cuny.edu/illness/mentalhealth/cornell/medications/lamotrigine.html |
| levetiracetam |
Keppra |
partial |
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/14d1ea.htm |
| lorazepam |
Ativan |
status
epilepticus |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-a04.html http://www.psyweb.com/Drughtm/ativan.html |
| nitrazepam |
Mogadon |
myoclonic, IS |
http://www.epilepsyontario.org/meds/nitrazep.html http://www.rxmed.com/monographs/mogadon.html
http://www.home.intekom.com/pharm/lennon/arem.html |
| oxcarbazepine |
Trileptal |
partial |
http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/druginfo/trileptal.HTM
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/dru599.html |
| phenobarbital (related to phenytoin and primidone) |
|
neonatal, GTC,
status epilepticus |
http://www.epipro.com/drugs.html (see also phenytoin) |
| phenytoin (related to phenobarbital) |
Dilantin,
Epanutin |
GTC, complex
partial |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-d05.html#Head_2 http://hsc.virginia.edu/cmc/pedpharm/v2n8.htm
http://www.epipro.com/drugs.html |
| primidone (related to phenobarbital) |
Mysoline |
GTC,
psychomot-or, focal |
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/LT-studies/TR476.HTML |
| tiagabine |
Gabatril |
partial |
http://www.uku.fi/laitokset/neuro/ab9710.htm |
| topiramate |
Topamax |
partial, IS?,
generalized, LGS |
http://www.johnsonandjohnson.com/news_finance/98.htm http://www.aesnet.org/indigent/ortho.htm
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.topiramate.html
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/WHATSNEW/PRESSWHN/1996/TOPIR2.htm |
| valproic acid (sodium valproate) |
Depakote,
Depakene, Depacon,Valproate, Epival, Epilim, Convulex |
absence, GTC,
partial, LGS, IS |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-d02.html http://www.med.virginia.edu/cmc/pedpharm/v3n3.htm |
| vigabatrin |
Sabril |
IS, partial,
GTC |
http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/forum/EpilepsyF/9.16.982.48PMWestSyndomeandVig http://www.uku.fi/laitokset/neuro/ab9519.htm
http://www.open.gov.uk/mca/volume24a.htm |
| zonisamide |
Zonegran,
Excegran |
partial |
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/dru613.html |
