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Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Epilepsy/Seizures(Free Handout)



Second-Generation Anticonvulsants



Topiramate (Topamax®) is used with other anticonvulsant drugs in the treatment of partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures in adults and children aged 2 to 16. Although its precise mechanism of action is unknown, one theory suggests that its anticonvulsant activity may be due in part to increasing GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a neurotransmitter that inhibits ex...Read the full article