Topiramate Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Topamax, Topamax Sprinkle
What is Topiramate?
Topiramate is an anti-convulsant and is used with other medications to treat certain types of seizures in patients with epilepsy or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. It is also used to prevent migraine or cluster headaches.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Migraine | 105 |
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20 | |
| Other | 85 |
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16 | |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 78 |
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16 |
| Migraine Headaches | 64 |
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12 | |
| Headaches | 54 |
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15 |
| Pain | 45 |
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9 |
See all 505 patients currently taking Topiramate
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Topiramate. See all 30 dosages ►
| 100mg as needed | 30minutes as needed | 50mg as needed | daily | 10 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 20 daily | 25 daily | 25 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 37.5 mg daily | 50 daily | 50 mg daily | 65 mg daily | 75 mg daily | 100 mcg daily | 100 mg daily | 125 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 150 mg one time | 175 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 300 other daily | 400 mg daily | 450 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 800 mg daily | 900 mg daily | ||
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1
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1
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1
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9
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3
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1
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1
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1
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46
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2
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1
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1
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79
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1
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26
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1
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145
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11
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29
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1
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1
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83
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19
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1
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31
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1
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3
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4
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2
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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48 | 42% |
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Doctor's advice
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31 | 27% |
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Did not seem to work
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22 | 19% |
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Other
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18 | 16% |
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Expense
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8 | 7% |
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Not indicated
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4 | 4% |
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Personal research
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2 | 2% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 2% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 111 patient evaluations
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- JesswithMS
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- JesswithMS
- 25 mg daily
- since Aug 15, 2004
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Efficacy
None
for Nerve pain (neuropathic pain)
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips Be very careful with this medication and take as directed. Make sure to follow directions if you need to stop this medication due to serious side effects an... See full evaluation
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- Gypsy
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- Gypsy
- 100 mg daily
- since Aug 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- D'awesome
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- D'awesome
- 100 mg daily
- since Aug 26, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips You must follow the directions to the letter. Topamax is risky for seizures if you don't take it properly. If you drop it suddenly, you may risk a seizure. F... See full evaluation
See all 111 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.