TITUSVILLE, NJ, June 30, 2005 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved a new use for TOPAMAX (topiramate) Tablets and TOPAMAX (topiramate capsules) Sprinkle Capsules as ...

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The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a drug safety update for the anticonvulsant topiramate (Topamax, Janssen-Cilag ), which is now expressly contraindicated in ...

How Does Topirmate for Weight Loss Work? Topiramate, also sold under the brand name Topamax, is a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for epilepsy and migraines. It’s also ...

Two subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million stemming from allegedly illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax for psychiatric uses, the ...

* EMA-COMMITTEE WILL LOOK IN PARTICULAR AT CURRENT RISK MINIMISATION MEASURES,CONSIDER NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO MINIMISE RISKS OF TOPIRAMATE USE * EMA: WHILE THE REVIEW IS ONGOING, TOPIRAMATE ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended new measures designed to avoid topiramate (multiple brands) use during pregnancy. While it's well ...

The FDA approved a supplemental indication for phentermine/topiramate extended-release capsules for chronic weight management in pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with obesity, according to a ...

Few medications to treat alcoholism exist. New research shows that a drug called topiramate can reduce self-reported drinking. This finding is corroborated by corresponding decreases in serum ...

Combining the drug topiramate with psychological counseling curbed marijuana use among young smokers significantly more than did counseling alone, according to newly published results of a small ...