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  1. Drug

    Rufinamide

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    Approved

    Rufinamide is a triazole derivative and an anticonvulsant medication to treat seizure disorders like Lennox-Gastuat syndrome, a form of childhood epilepsy.

  2. Drug

    Vigabatrin

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Vigabatrin is an analog of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, used in the treatment of refractory seizures and infantile spasms. It irreversibly inhibits the enzyme respons...

  3. Drug

    Lamotrigine

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    It is used in the treatment of both epilepsy and as a mood stabilizer in bipolar disorder. … While it is indicated for epilepsy and bipolar disorders, there is evidence that lamotrigine could have some clinical efficacy in certain neuropathic pain states.[A849,A850]

    International brands: Epilepax
  4. Drug

    Levetiracetam

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Levetiracetam is a drug within the pyrrolidine class that is used to treat various types of seizures stemming from epileptic disorders. It was first approved for use in the United States in 1999 and is structurally and mechanistically un...

  5. Drug

    Lacosamide

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Lacosamide is an antiepileptic drug used to treat seizures. As a chiral functionalized amino acid, it works by blocking slowly inactivating components of voltage-gated sodium currents. Lacosamide exhibits a stereoselective mode of intera...

  6. Drug

    Ethoxzolamide

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    ApprovedWithdrawn

    Ethoxzolamide is a sulfonamide used as diuretic and in glaucoma. It inhibits carbonic anhydrase activity in proximal renal tubules to decrease reabsorption of water, sodium, potassium, bicarbonate. Its pharmacological activity thus confe...

  7. Drug

    Cannabidivarin

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14050
    Investigational

    channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1), also known as the capsaicin receptor, which is a member of a large family of ion channels that are involved in the onset and progression of several types of epilepsy … They will continue to study its use in epilepsy, however, and are expanding their investigations to include its potential use in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rett syndrome and Fragile X among others [L2949

  8. Drug

    Oxcarbazepine

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Oxcarbazepine is an anti-epileptic medication used in the treatment of partial onset seizures that was first approved for use in the United States in 2000. It is a structural derivative of carbamazepine and exerts a majority of its activ...

  9. Drug

    Zonisamide

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Zonisamide is a sulfonamide anticonvulsant used as an adjunctive therapy in adults with partial-onset seizures. Zonisamide may act by blocking repetitive firing of voltage-gated sodium channels, leading to a reduction of T-type calcium c...

  10. Drug

    LIC-477

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05363
    Experimental

    LIC-477is indicated to be suitable for the treatment of psychosomatic disturbances, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia and cerebral spasticity.