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Topiramate for Epilepsy
Why It Is Used
Topiramate may be used alone or in combination with other antiepileptic drugs to control Reference partial seizures Opens New Window in children. It may also be used alone to treat children and adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy and generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 26, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics
Reference Steven C. Schachter, MD - Neurology |
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