May 4, 2010 — Lamotrigine is the most effective antiepileptic drug (AED) in older adults with epilepsy, with levetiracetam a close second, according to the results of a retrospective review of 10 AEDs ...
April 26, 2011 — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved lamotrigine extended release for conversion to monotherapy for partial seizures. This is a new indication for the GlaxoSmithKline ...
Valproate (Depakene) emerged as the best first-line choice for generalized epilepsy in a pragmatic study and lamotrigine (Lamictal) as the best first-line treatment for focal epilepsy, British ...
Levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, and lamotrigine had the lowest prevalence of major congenital malformations (MCMs) compared with other monotherapy anti-seizure medications (ASMs) for pregnant women with ...
Men with epilepsy often suffer from low sexual drive and potency. A recently published study suggests that enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) could exacerbate this problem by causing serum ...