topiramate

A 26-week, double blind, randomised placebo controlled study showed the significant reduction in mean monthly migraine frequency for patients receiving topiramate at 100mg (p(less then)0.008) and 200mg (p(less then)0.001) versus placebo (p(less then)0.005) within the first month.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the weight-loss drug lorcaserin (Belviq) and the combination of phentermine and topiramate (Qsymia), the first new weight-loss medications in 13 years.

(ScinoPharm), a leading active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) maker in Taiwan, recently announced that its pharmaceutical factory in Tainan, southern Taiwan, will supply the topiramate active API for VIVUS's Qsymia, a new drug to treat obesity that is approved by the U.S.

In this case report, we discuss a 24-year-old female patient with diagnosis of epilepsy who developed myopia and acute bilateral angle-closure glaucoma after 7 days of Treatment with topiramate. The patient had also been taking duloxetine daily lot six months with diagnosis of depression.

Regular brisk exercise may be as effective a treatment for migraine headaches as relaxation techniques or the commonly used drug topiramate, says a study published online on Sept.

It is logical then to think of the anticonvulsant topiramate, which enhances GABAergic transmission and inhibits glutamatergic transmission as a remedy to the alcoholic's dilemma.

23 -- Drug firm Taj Pharmaceuticals today said it has received tentative approval from US health regulator to sell a generic version of Topiramate Tablets, used in treating central nervous system diseases, in the American market.

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She was treated with topiramate as a prophylactic treatment, 25 mg nightly and the dose was fitrated up to 50 mg two times daily (BID) over 4 weeks.

Topiramate enhances gamma-amino-butyric acid effects, has anti-glutaminergic effects, and is a state-dependent sodium channel blocker.

These include the anti-epileptic drugs topiramate (Topamax) and sodium valproate (Depakote), tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline (Elavil) and nortriptyline (Pamelor), beta blockers such as propranolol (Inderal), calcium blockers such as verapamil, and the antihistamine cyproheptadine (Periactin) in children.