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is an [[antiepileptic drug|AED]]. Adjunctive eslicarbazepine led to seizure reduction in | [[File:1Eslicarbazepine acetate structure.svg.png|thumb]] | ||
S-licarbazepine is an [[antiepileptic drug|AED]]. Adjunctive eslicarbazepine led to seizure reduction in patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy<ref>Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy: Seizure reduction during adjunctive eslicarbazepine in two cases</ref> | |||
==Pharmacy and chemistry== | ==Pharmacy and chemistry== | ||
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S-licarbazepine is an AED. Adjunctive eslicarbazepine led to seizure reduction in patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy[1]
Pharmacy and chemistry
Eslicarbamazepine acetate is an once-daily antiepileptic that was approved in 2009 by the EMA (Zerebix TM) and recently by the American FDA[2] Eslicarbamazepine is the prodrug of S-licarbazepine, both oxcarbazapine and eslicarbazepine metabolize same, different to carbazepine; the latter metabolizes to CBZ 10,11-epoxide (Hainzl et al, 2001)[3]
Pharmacology
- ↑ Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy: Seizure reduction during adjunctive eslicarbazepine in two cases
- ↑ A review of the efficacy and safety of eslicarbazepine acetate in the management of partial-onset seizures
- ↑ https://www.dovepress.com/clinical-utility-of-eslicarbazepine-current-evidence-peer-reviewed-article-DDDT