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Second-Generation Anticonvulsants
Second-Generation Anticonvulsants Topiramate (Topamax®)—This drug 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. It also is approved to prevent migraine headaches. Its precise mechanism of action is unknown, but its anticonvulsant activity may be due in part to increasing GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a neurotransmitter that inhibits excitation of nerve cells in the b...Read the full article 
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