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===Mild inducers===
After de Leon the following AED groups as mild inducers:
*clobazam
*eslicarbazepine
*rufinamide
*felbamate
*lamotrigine
*oxcarbazepine
*topiramate
*vigabatrin
*VPA
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==ATC code N03==
==ATC code N03==
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Revision as of 03:59, 20 September 2015

S-licarbazepine is an AED. Adjunctive eslicarbazepine led to seizure reduction in patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy[1][2]

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[3] 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)[4]

Pharmacology

Eslicarbazepine acetate for the treatment of focal epilepsy: an update on its proposed mechanisms of action

Mild inducers

After de Leon the following AED groups as mild inducers:

  • clobazam
  • eslicarbazepine
  • rufinamide
  • felbamate
  • lamotrigine
  • oxcarbazepine
  • topiramate
  • vigabatrin
  • VPA

[5]

ATC code N03

eslicarbazapine
[6]

References