Lacosamide

Chemical formula: C₁₃H₁₈N₂O₃  Molecular mass: 250.294 g/mol  PubChem compound: 219078

Therapeutic indications

Lacosamide is indicated for:

Partial-onset seizures

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old) , adults (18 years old or older)

Lacosamide is indicated as monotherapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 2 years of age with epilepsy.

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Partial-onset seizures

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old) , adults (18 years old or older)

Lacosamide is indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 2 years of age with epilepsy.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old) , adults (18 years old or older)

Lacosamide is indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with idiopathic generalised epilepsy.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Lacosamide is contraindicated in the following cases:

Lactation

Lactation

Known second- or third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block

at least one of
Second degree atrioventricular block
Complete atrioventricular block

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