Manufactured by Hoechst Marion Roussel
Uses: Lennox-Gastaut
Common side effects: Drowsiness, tiredness, headaches, stomach upset and weight gain
Remarks: Vigabatrin reduces the amount of Phenytoin in the blood
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FURTHER READING
1. GUIDELINE FOR TREATING EPILEPSY IN THE AGE OF FELBAMATE, VIGABATRIN, LAMOTRIGINE AND GABAPENTIN - Laxer KD, West.J.Med., 1994, 161, 309-314
2. CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS OF NEWER ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS: LAMOTRIGINE, VIGABATRIN, GABAPENTIN AND OXCARABAZEPINE - Elwes RDC et al., Clin.Pharmacokinet.,1996,30(6), June,403-415
3. VIGABATRIN FOR REFRACTORY COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES: MULTICENTER SINGLE BLIND STUDY WITH LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP _ T.R Browne et al., Neurology, 37:184-189 1987
4. INTERACTION BETWEEN VIGABATRIN AND PHENYTOIN - E.H Rimmer et al., Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 27:27-33S 1989
5. VIGABATRIN. A REVIEW OF ITS PHARMACODYNAMIC AND PHARMAKINETIC PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL IN EPILEPSY AND DISORDERS OF MOTOR CONTROL - S.M Grant et al., Drugs, 41:889-926 1994
6. VIGABATRIN IN COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES: A LONG-TERM STUDY - L. Cocito et al., Epilepsy Res. 3:160-166 1989
7. VISUAL FIELD CONSTRICTION IN CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY ON VIGABATRIN TREATMENT - Paola Iannetti et al., Pediatrics 2000 106: 838-842
8. VIGABATRIN A GABAERGIC ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG, CAUSES CONCENTRIC VISUAL FIELD EFFECTS - R. Kälviäinen et al., Neurology 1999 53: 922
9. DOSE-RESPONSE STUDY OF VIGABATRIN IN CHILDREN WITH REFRACTORY EPILEPSY - J.L Herranz et al., J. Child Neurol., 6(suppl.2):S45-S51 1991
10. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AND CONTROLLED CLINICAL TESTING OF VALPROATE AND VIGABATRIN - L. Gram., Acta Neurol. Scand., 78:241-270 1988
11. VIGABATRIN IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN - J. Livingston et al., Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol., 27:109S-112S 1989
12. VIGABATRIN IN INTRACTABLE CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY - J. Gibbs et al., Pediatr. Neurol., 8:338-340 1992
13. VIGABATRIN TREATMENT IN CHILDREN - A. Fois et al., Childs Nerv Syst., 10:244-248 1994
14. VIGABATRIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME - C. Maldonado et al., Epilepsia., 36:S102 1995
15. VIGABATRIN IN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY - O. Dulac et al., J. Child Neurol., Suppl.2:S30-S37 1991
16. VIGABATRIN - W.D Shields et al., Semin Pediatr Neurol., 4:43-50 1997
17. VIGABATRIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GENERALIZED SEIZURES IN CHILDREN - R.E Appleton., Seizure., 4:45-48 1995
18. THE FIRST-LINE USE OF VIGABATRIN TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF SEIZURES - A. Covanis et al., J Epilepsy., 11:265-269 1998
19. GUIDELINES MAY HELP IN PRESCRIBING VIGABATRIN - R.E Appleton., Br Med J., 317:1322 1998
20. FATAL HEPATOTOXICITY IN A CHILD TREATED WITH VIGABATRIN - K. kellermann et al., Acta Neurol Scand., 93:380-381 1996
21. VIGABATRIN AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS: A RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY - L. Thomas et al., Epilepsy Res., 25:21-27 1996
22. A RISK-BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OF VIGABATRIN IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - J. Srinivasan et al., Drug Safety., 10:395-405 1994
23. VIGABATRIN IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD EPILEPSIES: A SINGLE-BLOOD PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY - D.Luna et al., Epilepsia., 30:430-437 1989
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