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Loosing Weight with Topamax, The Hard Way
Qnexa is a fat-loss drug that is currently undergoing clinical trials.What has it got to do with migraines? Qnexa is one of those mixed formulations Big Pharma comes up with once in a while to keep a price up on a bestseller that is expected to go ge...
Tonabersat Starting to Shows Some Promise; Clinical Trials Ongoing
From New Type of Migraine Preventive's Future is Uncertain; Research Continues , posted March 2008:"Tonabersat or, how it's lovingly known with scientific types - SB-220453, is a new approach to migraine prevention. It's a gap junction blocker, Benzo...
Topamax Increases Uric Acid Levels, Risk of Cardiovascular Problems, Kidney Stones and Gallstones
Average uric acid levels are significantly higher in the migraine patients who take Topamax (topiramate) than in healthy controls, study finds.As previously reported, use of Topamax leads to:Raise of the levels of acid in bloodShift of the calcium-ma...
Depakote and Topamax are FDA aproved for Migraine Preventive Treatment; Read Side-Effects Before Using
Just to make sure that there's no misunderstandings when reading my earlier articles - Depakote and Topamax at the present time are indeed approved as migraine preventive.Earlier on they were referred to as off-label but now they are fully fledged mi...
Pharmac to Fund Topamax for Migraine Patients
A quick note to our New Zealand readers. Pharmac (New Zealand government's drug-buying agency) is planning to fund Topamax for migraine patients in the very near future.Topamax is a popular migraine preventive that does work pretty well on cutting do...
Depakote ER is Finally Generic, Linked to Risk for Hypothermia
Depakote, which is mainly used for the treatment of the manic episodes of bipolar disorder, is becoming a pretty popular off-label migraine preventive. Both Depakote and Depakote Extended Release are finally gone generic, FDA announce.Sun Pharmaceuti...
Topamax, Depakote, Lyrica Suicide Risks Part II -- The Black Box
Topamax, Lyrica and Depakote are not going to get the 'Black Box' suicide warning on the label. The same applies to other 8 anti-epilepsy drugs that are known to increase suicide tendencies in patients who take them.The FDA advisory panel voted 14/4 ...
