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Idiopathic generalised epilepsy: Which Medications Are Safest? (41 Drugs Compared)

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41 medications are used for Idiopathic generalised epilepsy, with 1,536 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Idiopathic generalised epilepsy are CANNABIDIOL and LEVETIRACETAM.

1,536
Total Reports
41
Drugs Used

All Medications for Idiopathic generalised epilepsy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
CANNABIDIOL Epidiolex 766 1,563 5,149 8.6%
LEVETIRACETAM Levetiracetam 263 4,322 19,165 6.9%
LAMOTRIGINE Lamotrigine ER 171 6,604 17,639 13.7%
VIGABATRIN Vigabatrin 121 1,091 3,607 9.0%
VALPROIC ACID Valproic Acid 93 2,667 8,183 13.3%
CLOBAZAM Clobazam 69 725 3,312 6.8%
VALPROATE Valproate Sodium 64 1,000 6,625 6.3%
TOPIRAMATE Topiramate 46 3,527 7,098 12.3%
LACOSAMIDE Lacosamide 45 1,987 6,845 9.4%
FENFLURAMINE Fintepla 42 87 1,082 2.2%
PERAMPANEL Fycompa 41 249 1,760 5.6%
STIRIPENTOL - 34 65 437 4.8%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 27 8,488 12,506 21.5%
CARBAMAZEPINE Carbamazepine 25 2,156 9,608 8.8%
ETHOSUXIMIDE ETHOSUXIMIDE 25 10 260 0.8%
BRIVARACETAM Brivaracetam 19 317 1,536 5.2%
OXCARBAZEPINE OXCARBAZEPINE 19 864 3,159 8.0%
PHENYTOIN PHENYTOIN SODIUM 19 1,449 5,241 10.0%
DIVALPROEX Divalproex Sodium 16 478 4,169 4.2%
ZONISAMIDE Zonisamide 16 299 1,424 6.3%

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