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Tiagabine

Aka: Tiagabine, Gabitril
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  1. Class
    1. Anticonvulsant
  2. Indications: Adjunctive Therapy
    1. Simple Partial Seizure
    2. Complex Partial Seizure
    3. Bipolar Disorder (not FDA approved)
  3. Adverse Effects: Dose related
    1. Sedation
    2. Dizziness
    3. Lethargy
    4. Tremor
    5. Nervousness
  4. Adverse Effects: Other
    1. Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
  5. Precautions
    1. Adjust dose in hepatic disease
  6. Dose: Adults and children over age 12
    1. Initial: 4 mg PO qd for first week
    2. Increase by 4-8 mg increments per day weekly
    3. Divide daily dose to bid-qid after first week
    4. Maximum: 56 mg/day divided bid-qid
Medication Costs
Gabitril (on 2/9/2012 at DrugStore.com)
Gabitril 2mg Tablets #30 for $192.01 ($6.40/unit)
Gabitril 4mg Tablets #30 for $185.48 ($6.18/unit)
Gabitril 12mg Tablets #30 for $210.00 ($7.00/unit)
Gabitril 16mg Tablets #30 for $300.26 ($10.01/unit)
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Gabitril (C0720560)

Concepts Organic Chemical (T109) , Pharmacologic Substance (T121)
MSH C059205
English Gabitril, gabitril
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


tiagabine (C0068897)

Concepts Organic Chemical (T109) , Pharmacologic Substance (T121)
MSH C059205
SnomedCT 108403006, 372485004
English N-(4,4-di(3-methylthien-2-yl)but-3-enyl)nipecotic acid, tiagabine, TIAGABINE, tiagabine [Chemical/Ingredient], tiaGABine, Tiagabine, Tiagabine (product), Tiagabine (substance)
Spanish tiagabina (producto), tiagabina (sustancia), tiagabina
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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