Felbamate

🧮 Dose calculator

Epilepsy (complex partial / absence seizures) · Regimen source: FDA Felbatol · Dosage and Administration

• • Or in 4 doses. Adjunct: reduce other AEDs by 20% (up to 33%); increase by 1200 mg/day weekly. Only when epilepsy is severe enough that aplastic anaemia risk is acceptable. FDA Felbatol · Dosage and AdministrationFDA Felbatol · Boxed Warning

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Felbatol · Pregnancy

  “Patients should be encouraged to enroll in the North American Antiepileptic Drug (NAAED) Pregnancy Registry if they become pregnant.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Felbatol · Nursing Mothers

  “Felbamate has been detected in human milk.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  Label: established only for Lennox-Gastaut in children; not established in other children. FDA Felbatol · Pediatric Use

  “The safety and effectiveness of Felbatol in children other than those with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome has not been established.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Felbatol · Geriatric Use

  “In general, dosage selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.