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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Topamax

Generic Topamax gets tentative approval

October 03, 2008
Mylan Pharmaceuticals has received tentative approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell generic Topamax. Ortho-McNeil's patent for Topamax expires in September 2008. The drug is indicated for treating epilepsy and migraines. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Migraine Preventive Topamax May Cause Birth Defects
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...taking the neuronal stabilizing agent (epilepsy drug) Topamax (topiramate) alone or along with... Read more »

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Topamax for headache and Migraine prevention — essential information.
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

......questions and provide you with reference material about Topamax, we've added some new content... Read more »

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Migraine Prevention - Generic Topamax Approved
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

......lower insurance copayments. The average price of 60 Topamax tablets, 100mg is $434. The... Read more »

Health Guide

Topamax FDA Approved for Migraine Prevention
...not only in treating Migraine, but for other conditions as well. In August, 2004, the FDA approved Topamax (topiramate) Tablets and Topamax (topiramate capsules) Sprinkle Capsules for the... Read more »
Topamax Dosage, Titration, and Tapering
......and Professor of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University, conducted some of the clinical trials of Topamax for Migraine prevention and prescribes it for some of his patients. He emphasizes... Read more »
Topamax Warning: Potential Side Effects Include Myopia and Glaucoma
...increasingly prescribed as a Migraine preventive is the neuronal stabilizing agent (anticonvulsant) Topamax (Topiramate), manufactured by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Topamax is the same... Read more »
Topamax May Cause Serious Side Effect of Decreased Sweating
...following an FDA MedWatch warning about decreased sweating as a potentially serious side effect of Topamax: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.1000 Route 202, PO Box 300Raritan, NJ 08869-0602... Read more »
Topamax (topiramate) and Higher Risk for Kidney Stones
......of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (UT Southwestern) have completed a study showing that Topamax can increase the propensity for calcium phosphate kidney stones. Although there has... Read more »

Medications

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Topiramate is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy).... Read more »

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Topiramate is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This... Read more »

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Topiramate is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy).... Read more »

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Topiramate is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This... Read more »

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Topiramate is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This... Read more »

Related News

Clinical trial: Effectiveness of Topamax+Axert on migraines
October 02, 2008

This is a study to evaluate the impact of Topamax on the effectiveness of Axert in treating acute migraines. This national study is currently... Read summary »

Topamax linked to birth defects
October 03, 2008

Pregnant women who use the epilepsy and migraine drug Topamax may be increasing their risk of birth defects. In a new study, researchers collected... Read summary »

Study: Topamax improves alcoholics' quality of life
October 03, 2008

The anti-seizure and migraine drug Topamax may not only improve drinking problems in alcoholics, it may boost their quality of life as well,... Read summary »

Generic Topamax Approved and Available
April 14, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Topamax tablets (topiramate) to prevent seizures. The Topiramate ... Read summary »

Topamax may cause language problems
October 03, 2008

People who take the migraine medication Topamax (topiramate) may experience disturbances in language, researchers say. Scientists in Italy used a... Read summary »