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  • noun An anticonvulsant medication used to treat epilepsy.

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Examples

  • Newer drugs with a higher risk of causing depression than other epilepsy drugs, such as levetiracetam, topiramate and vigabatrin, were found to increase the risk of self-harm or suicidal behavior among people with epilepsy.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • People who were currently using the newer drugs with a higher risk of depression, such as levetiracetam, topiramate and vigabatrin, were three times more likely to harm themselves or attempt suicide than those who were not currently taking any epilepsy drugs.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • People who were currently using the newer drugs with a higher risk of depression, such as levetiracetam, topiramate and vigabatrin, were three times more likely to harm themselves or attempt suicide than those who were not currently taking any epilepsy drugs.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Newer drugs with a higher risk of causing depression than other epilepsy drugs, such as levetiracetam, topiramate and vigabatrin, were found to increase the risk of self-harm or suicidal behavior among people with epilepsy.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • These alternative anticonvulsant drugs AACDs include felbamate, gabapentin, levetiracetam, pregabalin, topiramate and zonisamide.

    Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets Dr. Karen Becker 2012

  • These alternative anticonvulsant drugs AACDs include felbamate, gabapentin, levetiracetam, pregabalin, topiramate and zonisamide.

    Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets Dr. Karen Becker 2012

  • These alternative anticonvulsant drugs AACDs include felbamate, gabapentin, levetiracetam, pregabalin, topiramate and zonisamide.

    Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets Dr. Karen Becker 2012

  • What we find interesting is that the subject of generic efficacy and safety rears its head every few years, and especially now as several popular branded drugs to treat epilepsy have been recently scheduled to go off-patent*: Lamictal (lamotrigine), Keppra (levetiracetam) and Depakote (divalproex sodium).

    Generic drugs not as effective as brands? Show us the evidence. 2009

  • What we find interesting is that the subject of generic efficacy and safety rears its head every few years, and especially now as several popular branded drugs to treat epilepsy have been recently scheduled to go off-patent*: Lamictal (lamotrigine), Keppra (levetiracetam) and Depakote (divalproex sodium).

    Generic drugs not as effective as brands? Show us the evidence. 2009

  • She admitted the study into levetiracetam, an anticonvulsant that decreases abnormally high activity in the brain, was very small and further research was needed over a much longer timescale.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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