Avoid these enzyme-inducing Consider these non-enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs antiepileptic drugs * Carbamazepine (Tegretol) * Ethosuximide (Zarontin) * Felbamate (
Felbatol) * Gabapentin (Neurontin) * Lamotrigine (Lamictal) * Levetiracetam (Keppra) * Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) * Pregabalin (Lyrica) * Phenobarbital (Luminal) * Tiagabine (Gabitril) * Phenytoin (Dilantin) * Valproate (Depakote) * Primidone (Mysoline) * Vigabatrin (Sabril) * Topiramate (Topamax) * Zonisamide (Zonegran) * Benzodiazepines OCs, oral contraceptives.
There were no further additional new seizure medications until the 1990's until
Felbatol (Felbamate) was released and then there was an explosion of research and development of newer seizure medications in the late 1990's, and a number of newer seizure medications have come to market ever since.
These include cimetidine (Tagamet), fluconazole (Diflucan), ketoconazole (Nizoral), voriconasole (Vfend), etravirine, felbamate (
Felbatol), fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), and ticlopidine (Ticlid).
These medications include felbamate (
Felbatol), gabapentin (Neurontin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), topiramate (Topamax), tiagabine (Gabitril), levetiracetam (Keppra), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), zonisamide (Zonegran), and pregabalin (Lyrica; Stevens, 2006).
medications and consist of
Felbatol, Neurontin, Lamictal, Topamax,
The AEDs in the meta-analysis were carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro), divalproex sodium (Depakote, Depakote ER), felbamate (
Felbatol), gabapentin (Neurontin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), levetiracetam (Keppra), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), pregabalin (Lyrica), tiagabine (Gabitril), topiramate (Topamax), and zonisamide (Zonegran).
The AEDs in the meta-analysis were carbarmazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro), divalproex sodium (Depakote, Depakote ER), felbamate (
Felbatol), gabapentin (Neurontin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), levetiracetam (Keppra), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), pregabalin (Lyrica), tiagabine (Gabitril), topiramate (Topamax), and zonisamide (Zonegran).
mass tort class action filings; for example, in the
Felbatol litigation,
2000) (holding that "statements 'did not become materially misleading until Carter-Wallace had information that
Felbatol had caused a statistically significant number of aplastic-anemia deaths and therefore had reason to believe that the commercial viability of
Felbatol was threatened"').
The FDA also has recommended that informed consent forms be a prerequisite to the prescription of Accutane and Thalomid, both of which are associated with severe birth defects, as well as Rezulin, which is prescribed for the treatment of diabetes, Tasmar, which is prescribed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and
Felbatol, which is used in the treatment of epilepsy.
Products liability cases involving Agent Orange, albuterol, and
felbatol were aggregated into class actions, leading to settlements before any individual verdicts were on record.(109) All three sets of cases had been certified as litigation class actions.(110) Agent Orange cases settled on an opt-out basis on the eve of trial;(111) albuterol settled after forty-two days of trial;(112) and
felbatol settled after a class certification was vacated and remanded by the court of appeals.(113) For practical purposes, these settlements disposed of the entire litigation.