An 18-week experimental study examining the effects of topiramate on tobacco smoking and alcohol use found no differences ...

An 18-week experimental study, published in Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research, examining the effects of the drug, ...

Topiramate oral tablets are prescribed to treat certain types of seizures in adults and some children. These include focal onset seizures (also called partial onset seizures), generalized tonic-clonic ...

Alcohol use disorders occur frequently in clinical practice, and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved pharmacotherapies (eg, disulfiram, naltrexone, acamprosate) are only moderately ...

Another possible risk factor for the development of topiramate-related cognitive side effects may be genetic predisposition. In the current paper, Cirulli and colleagues administered 100 mg of ...

Taking topiramate and phentermine together may be more effective for weight loss compared to taking the drugs on their own. Phentermine is an appetite suppressant that can help with weight loss and ...

A new study suggests that using topiramate in early pregnancy, particularly at the high doses used for epilepsy, increases the risk of oral clefts. The anti-epileptic drug topiramate has been ...

The anticonvulsant topiramate causes dose-dependent weight loss in humans and in animal models of diabetes. Toplak and colleagues, therefore, investigated the efficacy and safety of topiramate as an ...

Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Topiramate as it can cause side effects like drowsiness, dizziness, an increased risk of seizures, unusual behavior and mental health problems like suicidal ...

How Does Topirmate for Weight Loss Work? This article was reviewed by Mike Bohl, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, ALM. Topiramate, also sold under the brand name Topamax, is a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of amitriptyline (1 mg per kilogram of body weight per day), topiramate (2 mg per kilogram per day), and placebo in children and ...