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ETHOSUXIMIDE for Myoclonic epilepsy: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 41 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where ETHOSUXIMIDE was used for Myoclonic epilepsy.

Most Reported Side Effects for ETHOSUXIMIDE

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Drug ineffective 342 27.4% 2 41
Seizure 160 12.8% 2 30
Off label use 116 9.3% 1 16
Treatment failure 102 8.2% 0 5
Multiple-drug resistance 84 6.7% 2 7
Generalised tonic-clonic seizure 81 6.5% 0 8
Somnolence 72 5.8% 1 5
Fatigue 63 5.0% 0 4
Epilepsy 58 4.6% 0 12
Ataxia 57 4.6% 0 11
Status epilepticus 56 4.5% 0 8
Aggression 53 4.2% 0 3
Headache 53 4.2% 0 14
Petit mal epilepsy 44 3.5% 1 10
Drug resistance 41 3.3% 0 1

Other Indications for ETHOSUXIMIDE

Epilepsy (348) Petit mal epilepsy (248) Seizure (175) Product used for unknown indication (127) Generalised tonic-clonic seizure (59) Epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures (45) Lennox-gastaut syndrome (30) Idiopathic generalised epilepsy (25) Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (20) Partial seizures (19)

Other Drugs Used for Myoclonic epilepsy

LEVETIRACETAM (303) VALPROIC ACID (115) LAMOTRIGINE (109) CLONAZEPAM (88) TOPIRAMATE (85) PHENOBARBITAL (75) CLOBAZAM (67) VIGABATRIN (44) VALPROATE (42) ZONISAMIDE (37)

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