Topamax, Topiramate News

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Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 10 Jun 2009 - 2:00 PDT A Brown University professor is among the first in the country to win a federal research grant funded by national economic stimulus efforts.

The labeling applies to more than 20 medications used to control seizures, psychiatric disorders and nerve pain.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it approved new labels for epilepsy drugs that include warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors associated with the medicines.

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NORTH WALES,A Pa. Generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals has launched a new generic version of a migraine headache and epilepsy drug, the company announced Friday.

Seven years ago, Dr. Bankole Johnson theorized that medicinal treatment could help alcoholics beat their addiction.

Children of women who used a common epilepsy drug known as Valproate during pregnancy were shown to suffer from an impaired Intelligence Quotient compared to children of women who took other epilepsy drugs.

A migraine is a chronic condition of terrible headache attacks, sometimes interrupting the sufferer's life, days at a time.

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Twenty-five popular brand-name drugs are scheduled to become available in generic form over the next 24 months, according to a report issued Tuesday by Univera Healthcare.

Troy-based Ilumisys Inc., a developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, has announced a patent for the replacement of fluorescent tubes with light-emitting diodes .

On March 30, Arena Pharmaceuticals announced somewhat mixed Phase III trial results for its weight-loss drug lorcaserin.

The race to produce a blockbuster anti-obesity pill - a contest that no company has yet won - got interesting this week with the news, via AP , that Arena Pharmaceuticals ' data showed that its contender, lorcaserin , showed only 3.6 percent more effectiveness than a placebo.

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. has launched Topiramate tablets on behalf of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Topamax tablets to prevent seizures.

New Delhi, Mar 30 : Aurobindo Pharma Limited, manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients today said it has received final approval for its Topiramate tablets in 25mg, 50mg, 100mg and 200mg strengths from the US Food and Drug Administration .

Pharma firm Ranbaxy on Monday said it has received US regulatory approval for Topiramate tablets, used in the treatment of epilepsy.

Indian drug firm Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said it had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell topiramate tablets.