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What is Felbamate?

Felbamate is an anticonvulsant used as either monotherapy or adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in adults and as adjunctive therapy for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in children. It is not used as first-line antiepileptic treatment.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 48 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures (complex partial) 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Seizures (partial focal) 2 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 39 patients currently taking Felbamate

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Felbamate. See all 20 dosages ►

  800 mg daily 1,200 mg daily 2 x 600 mg/ 5 mL daily 1,600 mg daily 1,800 mg daily 4 x 600 mg/ 5 mL daily 2,400 mg daily 3,000 mg daily 3,600 mg daily 6 x 600 mg/ 5 mL daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Felbamate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 38%
Side effects too severe 8   Side effects too severe: 38%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 5   Other: 24%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 5%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Felbamate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Felbamate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Felbamate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Felbamate

Always
 20 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Felbamate

Very
 4 20%
Somewhat
 1 5%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 15 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Felbamate

$200+
 2 13%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 7%
$25-49
 6 40%
< $25
 6 40%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.