Alternatives to carbamazepine

Xcopri

Xcopri is used to treat partial-onset seizures in adults. Partial-onset seizures start in one area of the brain. This medicine can help reduce how often you have seizures.

Felbatol

Felbamate treats partial seizures in adults, both with and without generalization. It is also used as an add-on treatment for seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in children. Because of the risk of very serious side effects, you should only use this medicine if other treatments have not worked well enough.

Vimpat

Lacosamide is used to treat partial-onset seizures in patients 4 years of age and older. It is also used with other medicines to treat primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients 4 years of age and older. Seizures are caused by unusual electrical activity in the brain.

Lamictal

Lamotrigine can treat epilepsy in adults and children 2 years and older. It can help with partial-onset seizures, primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and generalized seizures of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. It can also be used to delay mood episodes in adults with bipolar I disorder.

Keppra

Levetiracetam is used to treat partial-onset seizures in patients 1 month and older. It is also used with other medicines to treat myoclonic seizures in patients 12 years and older with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Additionally, it treats primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients 6 years and older with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

Trileptal

Oxcarbazepine is used to treat partial-onset seizures. These seizures start in one part of the brain. It can be used alone or with other seizure medicines.

Topamax

Topiramate can be used alone or with other medicines to treat certain types of seizures in people 2 years and older. These seizures include partial-onset seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. It also treats seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Topiramate can also help prevent migraine headaches in people 12 years and older.