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Eslicarbazepine

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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

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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Cutaneous adverse effects

Cutaneous adverse drug reaction type erythema multiforme major induced by eslicarbazepine

ATC code N03

eslicarbazepine
[6]

Bioquivalence

Bioequivalence of eslicarbazepine acetate from two different sources of its active product ingredient in healthy subjects

References