Class Antiepileptic drug (AED), barbiturate Phenobarbital Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Generalized tonic-clonic, psychomotor, and partial seizures (monotherapy and adjunctive, children and adults) Status epilepticus Seizures resulting from…
Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Rufinamide Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) (adjunctive for age 4 and older) Partial-onset seizures with and without generalization in adults and…
Class Ergot, migraine preventative Methysergide Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Migraine prophylaxis Cluster headache prophylaxis Diarrhea associated with carcinoid syndrome Methysergide How the Drug Works 5-HT2 and 5-HT1A/B/C…
Class Antiarrhythmic Mexiletine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Cardiac arrhythmias Symptomatic myotonia (myotonia congenita, myotonic dystrophy) Pain in peripheral neuropathy Intractable headache Mexiletine How the Drug Works Class…
Class Immunosuppressant, immunomodulator, monoclonal antibody Rituximab Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) Rheumatoid arthritis Myasthenia gravis (MG) Multiple sclerosis (MS) (relapsing-remitting) Multifocal motor neuropathy Anti-myelin-associated…
Class Triptan Sumatriptan, Sumatriptan/Naproxen Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Migraine Cluster headache (injection only) Sumatriptan, Sumatriptan/Naproxen How the Drug Works Selective 5-HT1 receptor agonist, working predominantly at the…
Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Levetiracetam Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Complex partial seizures (adjunctive in adults and children 4 and older) Primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (adjunctive for patients…
