Zarontin

Ethosuximide

Ethosuximide, sold under the brand name Zarontin among others, is a medication used to treat absence seizures.[3] It may be used by itself or with other antiseizure medications such as valproic acid.[3] Ethosuximide is taken by mouth.[3] Ethosuximide is usually well tolerated.[4] Common side effects include loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and feeling tired.[3] Serious side effects include suicidal thou...

HELP!! My daughter has been on EPILIM for 6 years and gained a lot of weight on it. She went on TOPAMAX (a year now) and she's LOOSING HAIR like crazy?!?! The Dr. wants her to go on TEGRATOL but I see allot of people are complaining about both HAIR LOSS and WEIGHT GRAIN on it? I am also considering ZARONTIN. Does anyone have personal experience with this medication? ## These types of side effects are common to most anti-seizure medications and you may never find one that won't cause one or the other. Tegetrol contains the active ingredient Carbamazepine. Zarontin contains the active ingredient Ethosuximide How old is she? ## EPILIM is an old AED (anti epileptic drug). I've been on it for 37 yrs.. it definitely has a hair fall out side effect and tremoring of the hands... yes...

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Drug Index

Ethosuximide, sold under the brand name Zarontin among others, is a medication used to treat absence seizures.[3] It may be used by itself or with other antiseizure medications such as valproic acid.[3] Ethosuximide is taken by mouth.[3] Ethosuximide is usually well tolerated.[4] Common side effects include loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and feeling tired.[3] Serious side effects include suicidal thou...

a med. to stop seizues in infants ## Hello, Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a med out there with that spelling, or any med close to that spelling. Below is a list of seizure drugs from epilepsy.com, maybe the one you are thinking of will be on this list: Clonazepam Carbamazepine Carbatrol Depakene Depakote Depakote ER Diastat Dilantin Felbatol Frisium Gabapentin Gabitril Keppra Klonopin Lamictal Lyrica Mysoline Neurontin Phenobarbital Phenytek Phenytoin Sabril Tegretol Topamax Tegretol XR Trileptal Valproic Acid Zarontin Zonegran I hope this helps! Good Luck! Jodie

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NDC Database

Zarontin 250 mg Oral Capsule by Parke-davis Div of Pfizer Inc ## Markings: P;D;237 ## Shape: Capsule ## Color: Orange ## Package Codes: 0071-0237-24 ## Active Ingredients: Ethosuximide

NDC Database

Zarontin 250 mg/5ml Oral Solution by Parke-davis Div of Pfizer Inc ## Package Codes: 0071-2418-23, 0071-2418-35 ## Active Ingredients: Ethosuximide