Zonisamide Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Zonegran
What is Zonisamide?
Zonisamide is an anticonvulsant drug that is used in combination with other medications to treat partial seizures in children over 16 years of age and adults with epilepsy. Off label it is used for Bipolar disorder.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 9 |
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1 | ||||
| Pain | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Headaches | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 3 |
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2 | |||
| Migraine | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Nerve pain, torso | 2 | 0 |
See all 46 patients currently taking Zonisamide
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Zonisamide. See all 13 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 50% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 17% |
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Other
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1 | 17% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- komodolover
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 3
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 29 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
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- komodolover
- 200 mg daily
- since Aug 17, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for Migraine
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Side Effects
None
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- Vincent
- Sex: M
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Moderate
- 30 M
- Function: Low
- Distress: High
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- Vincent
- 200 mg daily
- since Dec 16, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Support another treatment
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Side Effects
None
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See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.