Topamax-based Diet Pill’s Approval Delayed Pending Safety Review
The FDA has decided that it will delay its decision on the new diet pill Qnexa, which contains the epileptic drug Topamax as its active ingredient. The final decision from...
Study: Childhood Onset Epilepsy Makes Brain Age Faster
A new study has revealed that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy plays a significant role in how the brain ages. The results of this study were published in Epilepsia. According...
Retigabine Not Proven Better Than Other Epilepsy Meds Like Topamax
Epilepsy medications like Topamax are used as a preventative tool for seizures. These drugs are often used in conjunction with add-on medications like retigabine (Trobalt), which was approved in March...
Surgery More Beneficial Than Topamax for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
According to information from the Early Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial (ERSET), early surgery may be a more beneficial alternative to drugs like Topamax for controlling seizures and helping to improve...
New Noninvasive Epilepsy Surgery Worth Looking Into
There are many medications like Topamax that are used to treat epilepsy and help prevent seizures. The problem with most of them is that they do not really work for...