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Table 3. Dosage guidelines for established antiepileptic drugs in adolescents and ad

DRUG INDICATIONS STA

DOS

CARBAMAZEPINE Partial and generalised tonic-clonic 200
CLOBAZAM seizures 10 m

Partial and generalised seizures

CLONAZEPAM Myoclonic and generalised tonic-clonic 1 mg
ETHOSUXIMIDE seizures 500

Absence seizures

GABAPENTIN Partial seizures 300
LAMOTRIGINE 25m
PHENOBARBITAL Partial seizures and generalised tonic- 60 m
clonic seizures
PHENYTOIN 200
Partial and generalised tonic-clonic,
PRIMIDONE myoclonic, clonic and tonic seizures 250
Status epilepticus

Partial and generalised tonic-clonic
seizures
Status epilepticus

Partial and generalised tonic-clonic
seizures

SODIUM VALPROATE All generalised seizures 500
Partial seizures

TIAGABINE Partial seizures 51
TOPIRAMATE Partial and generalised seizures 25 m

VIGABATRIN Partial seizures 500

*od or bid with controlled-release formulation