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Recent alert from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to lamotrigine (market as Lamictal from GlaxoSmithKline included orally disintegrating tablet; Lamictal ODT, a chewable, dispersible tablet; Lamictal CD, and extended release product; Lamictal XR), as approvement treatment for epilepsy in children 2 years and older, also for bipolar disorder ...

A new study suggest that increased risk of suicide was not related to current antiepileptic drugs(AEDs) but most important to the illness carrier from the patients. The first study author, Alejandro Arana, MD, from Risk MR Pharmacovigilance Services in Zaragoza, Spain, and colleagues, write in The New England Journal of Medicine ...

Many of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) could increase the risk of depression and suicidal behavior. Those drugs included topiramate, levetiracetam, vigabatrin, and tiagabine. However, according to new research that published in July 27 issue of Neurology said that not all AEDs may increase those risks. A conventional AEDs such as barbiturates, and other newer ...

During study among 300 patients with epilepsy from the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico, the researchers found thyroid hormone abnormalities in patient with epilepsy who taking Antiepileptic drugs. Lead investigator, Iris Martinez-Juárez, MD, from ...