| Pharmaceutical Name |
Trade Name
|
Seizure Type
|
Web Sites |
| carbamazepine |
Tegretol, Carbitrol |
partial, GTC, mixed |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/carbam.htmhttp://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.htmhttp://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-r04.html |
| diazepam |
Valium, Diastat, T-Quil |
clusters, status epilepticus |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-v01.htmlhttp://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/valium/default.html |
| ethosuximide |
Zarontin, Emeside |
absence |
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-z01.htmlhttp://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.htmlhttp://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic3/felbamate.htm |
| gabapentin |
Neurontin |
partial, tonic-clonic |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/gabapent.htmhttp://www.parke-davis.com/Neurontin.htm
http://www.virtualdrugstore.com/als/gabapentin.html |
| lamotrigine |
Lamictal |
partial |
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/lamotrigine.htmhttp://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.htmlhttp://www.psyweb.com/Drughtm/ativan.html |
| nitrazepam |
Mogadon |
myoclonic, IS |
http://www.epilepsyontario.org/meds/nitrazep.htmlhttp://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_2http://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.htmhttp://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.htmlhttp://www.med.virginia.edu/cmc/pedpharm/v3n3.htm |
| vigabatrin |
Sabril |
IS, partial, GTC |
http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/forum/EpilepsyF/9.16.982.48PMWestSyndomeandVighttp://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 |