BACKGROUND Topiramate might be effective in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of its antikindling effect and its action in both inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitters. Open-label studies and few controlled trials have suggested that this anticonvulsant may have therapeutic potential in PTSD. This 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical tria...

IMPORTANCE No medication has been established as an efficacious treatment for cocaine dependence. We hypothesized that dual modulation of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system by topiramate-a glutamate receptor antagonist and γ-aminobutyric acid receptor agonist-would result in efficacious treatment for cocaine dependence compared with placebo. OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of topiramat...

OBJECTIVE To assess the possible effects of topiramate and zonisamide use during pregnancy on fetal growth. METHODS The study population was the singleton liveborns born to women who enrolled in the North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry between 1997 and 2012. Data were collected through telephone interviews at enrollment, 7 months of gestation, and postpartum. The prevalence of...

BACKGROUND Valproate is widely accepted as a drug of first choice for patients with generalised onset seizures, and its broad spectrum of efficacy means it is recommended for patients with seizures that are difficult to classify. Lamotrigine and topiramate are also thought to possess broad spectrum activity. The SANAD study aimed to compare the longer-term effects of these drugs in patients wit...

to compare the effects of topiramate versus valproate sodium as an add-on therapy to a combination of lithium and risperidone (li+ris) on body weight and serum lipid profile in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.in a single-blind randomized clinical trial, thirty children and adolescents with bipolar disorder type i in the manic or mixed phase, treated with the combination of li+ris...

The objective of this observational study was to compare the efficacy of levetiracetam and topiramate during the first 15 days of add-on treatment in adults with refractory partial epilepsy. Two cohorts of patients with > or =3 simple or complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalisation per month over an 8-week baseline period received levetiracetam or topiramate in two distinct...

BACKGROUND In the face of availability of newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) such as lamotrigine and topiramate, there is need to reassess the role of older AEDs in the treatment of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). OBJECTIVES To explore whether lamotrigine and topiramate monotherapy or polytherapy can be effective options in the treatment of JME, and to determine whether older AEDs, such as p...

PURPOSE This study aimed to verify the safety of low-dose topiramate on language development in pediatric patients with migraine. METHODS Thirty newly diagnosed pediatric patients with migraine who needed topiramate were enrolled and assessed twice with standard language tests, including the Test of Language Problem Solving Abilities (TOPs), Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, Urimal Te...

BACKGROUND Topiramate can improve drinking outcomes via a hypothesized mechanism of facilitating gamma-aminobutyric acid function and inhibiting glutaminergic pathways in the corticomesolimbic system. We sought to determine whether topiramate's antidrinking effects are bolstered by improvements in physical and psychosocial well-being. METHODS In a 17-site, 14-week, double-blind, randomized co...