What is Topiramate?
Category: Prescription Drugs
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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.
Purpose | Patients | Evaluations | Perceived Effectiveness |
---|---|---|---|
Epilepsy | 2408 | 409 | |
Migraine headaches | 1479 | 558 | |
Cluster headaches | 400 | 62 | |
Borderline personality disorder | 315 | 40 | |
Headaches | 219 | 93 | |
Migraine | 193 | 54 |
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
Side effects
Side effects as an overall problem
Severity | Evaluations | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Severe | 289 | |
Moderate | 393 | |
Mild | 313 | |
None | 438 |
Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Topiramate
Side effect | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Weight loss | 110 | |
Hands tingling | 65 | |
Decreased appetite | 64 | |
Brain fog | 62 | |
Memory problems | 62 | |
Feet tingling | 61 |
Why patients stopped taking Topiramate
Multiple reasons could be selected
Reason | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Side effects too severe | 447 | |
Did not seem to work | 292 | |
Doctor's advice | 250 | |
Other | 121 | |
Expense | 41 | |
Personal research | 38 | |
Course of treatment ended | 32 | |
Change in health plan coverage | 13 |
Duration
Currently taking Topiramate
Duration | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Less than 1 month | 2 | |
1 - 6 months | 2 | |
6 months - 1 year | 4 | |
1 - 2 years | 8 | |
2 - 5 years | 34 | |
5 - 10 years | 27 | |
10 years or more | 19 |
Stopped taking Topiramate
Duration | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Less than 1 month | 149 | |
1 - 6 months | 215 | |
6 months - 1 year | 116 | |
1 - 2 years | 115 | |
2 - 5 years | 152 | |
5 - 10 years | 67 | |
10 years or more | 25 |
What people switch to and from
Patients started taking Topiramate after stopping:
Treatment | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Imitrex) | Sumatriptan (19 | |
Lamictal) | Lamotrigine (18 | |
Neurontin) | Gabapentin (17 | |
Depakote) | Divalproex sodium (13 | |
Elavil) | Amitriptyline (12 |
Patients stopped taking Topiramate and switched to:
Treatment | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Lamictal) | Lamotrigine (27 | |
Neurontin) | Gabapentin (20 | |
Depakote) | Divalproex sodium (18 | |
Botox) | Botulinum Toxin Type A (14 | |
Zonegran) | Zonisamide (13 |
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