what's topamax ?

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which side -effects of the topamax ?

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Well, it is a seizure medication which has other effective uses, such as treating migranes. Weight loss is a big side effect of this.

Topamax is an anticonvulsant

What are Topamax's FDA Approved Uses:

Topamax is used by itself or with other meds to treat a variety of forms of epilepsy. These include:

Simple partial seizures - you're still awake (more or less), with symptoms such as one or two limbs spazzing out or wacky visual or other sensory distortions. Think Alice in Wonderland, as Lewis Carroll must have had some serious temporal lobe issues. The fist link will take you to a better explanation. For a really detailed explanation of what a simple partial seizure is, click here.

Complex partial seziures - the people around you think you're just acting out to get attention. In reality you have no control over what's happening. Again, click there for the basics, click here for what neurologists think about this type of seizure.

Generalized tonic-clonic - the classic definition of a seizure, when you're completely flopping all over the place like a fish out of water. For the neurologist's view, click here.

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. If your child has this, my heart goes out to you. If you don't know what it is, consider yourself fortunate. See also Keppra, which has tested well for Lennox-Gastaut.

Topamax is also approved to treat migraines. And please, people, a migraine isn't a really bad headache. If you aren't brought to the ground by the nausea, the sensitivity to light and sound, and the jackhammers that have taken up residence in your head for at least a couple of hours, you don't have a freaking migraine.

Topamax is an antiepileptic drug, prescribed to control both the mild attacks known as partial seizures and the severe tonic-clonic convulsions known as grand mal seizures. It is typically added to the treatment regimen when other drugs fail to fully control a patient's attacks.

More common side effects may include:
Abdominal pain, abnormal coordination, abnormal vision, agitation, anxiety, appetite loss, back pain, breast pain, chest pain, confusion, constipation, depression, difficulty with concentration, difficulty with memory, dizziness, double vision, drowsiness, fatigue, flu-like symptoms, indigestion, language problems, leg pain, loss of coordination, menstrual problems, mood problems, nausea, nervousness, nose inflammation, rash, sinusitis, slowing of movements, sore throat, speech problems, tingling or burning sensations, tremors, weakness, weight loss

Webmd.com has never steered me wrong. I believe it is for migraines and epilepcy.

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