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Table 2. Dosage guidelines for established antiepileptic drugs in children.

DRUG INDICATIONS

CARBAMAZEPINE Partial and generalised tonic-clonic seizures

CLOBAZAM Partial and generalised seizures

CLONAZEPAM Myoclonic epilepsy
ETHOSUXIMIDE Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Infantile spasms
Status epilepticus

Generalised absences

GABAPENTIN Partial seizures
LAMOTRIGINE Partial and generalised seizures

PHENOBARBITAL Partial and generalised seizures
Newborn seizures
Status epilepticus

PHENYTOIN Partial and generalised tonic-clonic seizures
Status epilepticus

PRIMIDONE Partial and generalised tonic-clonic seizures

SODIUM VALPROATE Partial and generalised seizures

TOPIRAMATE Partial and generalised seizures
VIGABATRIN
Partial seizures
Infantile spasms