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Anti-epileptic Agent medications

“Anti-epileptic Agent” is a drug class recorded for these medicines in the National Library of Medicine’s RxClass service — usually the FDA “established pharmacologic class” from the drug label, which groups medicines by how they work or what they are. Our directory includes 5 medicines in this class, 1 of which carries a boxed warning on the label shown.
  • Lamotrigine

    Brand names: Lamictal, Subvenite

    The label says: Lamotrigine extended-release tablets are indicated for: adjunctive therapy for primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (PGTC) and partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalization in patients aged 13 years and older. …

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings (boxed)

  • Oxcarbazepine

    Brand names: Oxtellar, Trileptal

    The label says: Oxcarbazepine tablets is indicated for use as monotherapy or adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures in adults and as monotherapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures in pediatric patients aged 4 years and above, and as adjunctive therapy in pediatric patients aged 2 year …

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings

  • Zonisamide

    Brand names: Zonegran, Zonisade

    The label says: Zonisamide capsules are indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in adults with epilepsy.

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings

  • Phenytoin

    Brand names: Dilantin, Phenytek

    The label says: Extended phenytoin sodium capsules are indicated for the treatment of tonic-clonic (grand mal) and psychomotor (temporal lobe) seizures and prevention and treatment of seizures occurring during or following neurosurgery. …

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings

  • Primidone

    Brand names: Mysoline

    The label says: MYSOLINE, used alone or concomitantly with other anticonvulsants, is indicated in the control of grand mal, psychomotor, and focal epileptic seizures. It may control grand mal seizures refractory to other anticonvulsant therapy.

    UsesWhat it looks likeWarnings

Medicines in the same class can still differ in their approved uses, warnings and side effects. Class membership comes from the FDA label data published through the National Library of Medicine's RxClass service.

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