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Definition for vigabatrin
Vigabatrin is an anticonvulsant that inhibits the catabolism of GABA . It is an analog of GABA, but it is not a receptor agonist . [ 1 ] It is manufactured and distributed by Ovation Pharma .
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Vigabatrin is an anticonvulsant that inhibits the catabolism of GABA . It is an analog of GABA, but it is not a receptor agonist . [ 1 ] It is manufactured and distributed by Ovation Pharma .
In Canada, vigabatrin is approved for use as an adjunctive treatment (with other drugs) in treatment resistant epilepsy , complex partial seizures , secondary generalized seizures , and for monotherapy use in infantile spasms in West syndrome . [ 1 ]
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Aicardi Syndrome
congenital disorder causing neurological problems
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infantile spasms--severe type of seizure disorder
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Vigabatrin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vigabatrin is an anticonvulsant that inhibits the catabolism of GABA. ... In Canada, vigabatrin is approved for use as an adjunctive treatment (with other ...
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VIGABATRIN - ORAL TABLETS side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.
Read more about the prescription drug VIGABATRIN - ORAL TABLETS. ... Read 8 more vigabatrin-oral tablets related articles ... So Much to Do, So Little Sleep ...
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Vigabatrin consumer information from Drugs.com
Vigabatrin patient information. ... Vigabatrin (VYE-gab-a-trin) increases the amount of the brain chemical GABA. ... For vigabatrin, the following should be ...
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Vigabatrin (Oral Route) - MayoClinic.com
Mayo Clinic offers award-winning medical and health information and tools for healthy living. ... Vigabatrin increases the amount of the brain chemical GABA. ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR601423
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Cocaine Treatment - Epilepsy Drug Holds Promise For Cocaine Treatment
A preliminary clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse suggests a drug used to treat epilepsy ... also known as vigabatrin, is approved in ...
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/coke/a/blnida030922.htm
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Vigabatrin and psychosis.
Vigabatrin and psychosis. Sander JW, Hart YM, Trimble MR, Shorvon SD. ... Vigabatrin should be started with caution in patients with severe epilepsy, ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1865207
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Guideline may help in prescribing vigabatrin
(3) Children already taking vigabatrin and who have a cognitive age of more than ... (4) Vigabatrin currently remains the drug of choice for infantile spasms. ...
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Vigabatrin - PubChem Public Chemical Database
PubChem ... Vigabatrin - Substance Summary (SID 183802) An analogue of GAMMA ... Vigabatrin. Organic Chemicals. Carboxylic Acids. Acids, Acyclic. Butyric Acids ...
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?sid=183802
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A Drug Addiction Medication for Weight Loss? on RxList
Find out more about the epilepsy drug vigabatrin (sold as Sabril in Canada) that might be used to treat cocaine drug addiction as well as obesity.
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=92090
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vigabatrin-oral tablets Glossary of Terms with Definitions on ...
vigabatrin-oral tablets glossary includes a list of vigabatrin-oral tablets related medical definitions and related links on MedicineNet.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/vigabatrin-oral_tablets/glossary.htm
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Vigabatrin.
Vigabatrin (VGB) is a structural analogue of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ... Recently, safety issues have been raised with regard to the use of vigabatrin. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10530689
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Epilepsy patients treated with vigabatrin exhibit reduced ocular blood flow
For the vigabatrin group only, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient ... Vigabatrin (?-vinyl GABA) is a novel drug that is used primarily in the ...
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VIGABATRIN - ORAL POWDER PACKETS side effects, medical uses, and drug ...
Consumer information about the medication VIGABATRIN - ORAL POWDER PACKETS , includes side effects, drug interactions, recommended dosages, and storage information. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/vigabatrin-oral_powder_packets/page2.htm
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vigabatrin Information from Drugs.com
vigabatrin medical information ... Browse all medications A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P ... Stedman's > vigabatrin. vigabatrin. Pronunciation: v?-ga?b?-trin ...
http://www.drugs.com/dict/vigabatrin.html
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Visual field defect associated with vigabatrin
Only two patients taking vigabatrin had symptoms. ... Patients taking vigabatrin must have their visual field monitored; in cases in ...
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Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency - Wikipedia, the free ...
Vigabatrin is an irreversible inhibitor of GABA transaminases which leads to ... Vigabatrin and newer interventions in succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succinic_semialdehyde_dehydrogenase_deficiency
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[Acute psychosis and vigabatrin in childhood]
Vigabatrin is an irreversible inhibitor of gamma-aminobutyrate (Gaba) ... Vigabatrin. gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/adverse effects ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7885961
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Names Beginning With "V"
An index of information sites about the most common psychiatric medications ... Valium Injection @ Vigabatrin (2) Valrelease @ Vigabatrin @ Venlafaxine (16) ...
http://depression.about.com/od/atozv/(null).htm
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CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects ...
... dextromethorphan, and the GABAergic agents, vigabatrin and gabapentin. ... a GABA transaminase inhibitor (vigabatrin), and a GABA analog which ...
http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/crisp/CRISP_LIB.getdoc?textkey=6609...
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Vigabatrin and psychosis.
Effects of single doses of vigabatrin on CSF concentrations of GABA, ... A study of the effects of vigabatrin on the central nervous system and retina of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=488544
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VIGABATRIN - ORAL TABLETS side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.
Read doctor-produced health and medical information written for you to make informed decisions about your ... vigabatrin-oral tablets index. vigabatrin-oral ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/vigabatrin-oral_tablets/index.htm
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Calcium carbimide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dexamphetamine - Bupropion - Vanoxerine - Nocaine - Vigabatrin. Benzodiazepine dependence ... Nocaine - Baclofen - Vigabatrin. Sedative-Hypnotic dependence ...
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Vigabatrin--plasma enantiomer concentrations and clinical effects.
... of the new anticonvulsant vigabatrin were measured by an enantiospecific ... epileptic patients in whom racemic vigabatrin was added to their existing ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1343855
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A controlled study of vigabatrin and visual abnormalities
One patient taking vigabatrin was excluded from the study because her visual ... Four patients (20%) in the vigabatrin group described flickering lights compared ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1723476
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Epilepsy Medications | Drugs.com
Compare Epilepsy medications. Comprehensive Epilepsy drug options for consumers and professionals including user ... Sabril (vigabatrin) for the ...
http://www.drugs.com/condition/epilepsy.html
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Visual field defects associated with vigabatrin therapy
A control group of 16patients with epilepsy unexposed to vigabatrin was also evaluated. ... Severe persistent visual field constriction associated with vigabatrin. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1736662
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Alcoholism Treatment - Medical Treatment for Alcoholism
Science has yet to develop a magic pill to cure alcoholism, but there are some drugs that will help reduce cravings and ... the drug vigabatrin, to be marketed ...
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/meds/Medical_Treatments.htm
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National Institue on Drug Abuse - NewsScan for July 24 - 2001
However, when racemic vigabatrin, a drug used to prevent seizure disorders in ... of this experiment, racemic vigabatrin warrants further investigation as a ...
http://www.nida.nih.gov/MedAdv/01/NS-7.html
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Effects of antiepileptic drugs on motor cortex excitability in humans ...
... the neocortex (vigabatrin, baclofen) reduced ... Vigabatrin. gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/analogs & derivatives. gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/pharmacology ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8797526?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg
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Weight Loss From Addiction Drug
Vigabatrin, now being tested as a treatment for cocaine addiction, lessens obese ... A version of vigabatrin is sold as Sabril in Canada, but because the drug can ...
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20080820/weight-loss-from-add...
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Epilepsy
Some experts recommend that vigabatrin be given first and ACTH administered 10 to 14 days later. ... lamotrigine, tiagabine, and vigabatrin may also prove to ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/000044_5.htm
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Sabril New Drug Application
Sabril (vigabatrin) is a new drug in development for the treatment of certain types of seizures. ... Sabril (vigabatrin) may induce a distinctive permanent ...
http://www.drugs.com/nda/sabril_090109.html
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Infantile Spasms and Epilepsy Currents
Vigabatrin has been recorded to have a beneficial effect in this disorder. ... allocated tetracosactide and one allocated vigabatrin received prednisolone. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1198738
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The long-term use of gabapentin, lamotrigine, and vigabatrin in ...
... vigabatrin (VGB) by patients with chronic epilepsy and the reasons for treatment ... gabapentin. Vigabatrin. lamotrigine. PMID: 10528941 [PubMed - indexed ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10528941
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Revised guideline for prescribing vigabatrin in children
Editor?The Vigabatrin Paediatric Advisory Group, which in 1998 produced a ... When we challenged the claim that vigabatrin is the drug of choice, the advisory ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1119485
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of the newer antiepileptic drugs.
... levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, tiagabine, topiramate, vigabatrin, and zonisamide. ... metabolite), tiagabine, topiramate, vigabatrin, and zonisamide are 125 to 250 ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12766564?ordinalpos=37&it...
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Discovery Health :: HealthDay :: Addiction Drug Causes Rapid Weight ...
Findings offers hope of new treatments for severe obesity in humans ... Vigabatrin is in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Phase II ...
http://health.discovery.com/news/healthscout/article.html?ar...
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Vigabatrin and depression.
Vigabatrin and depression. H A Ring, R Crellin, S Kirker, and E H Reynolds ... Vigabatrin: rational treatment for chronic epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1015155
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Gamma-vinyl GABA treatment of Huntington's disease.
In a double-blind, crossover study gamma-vinyl GABA, 2 ... Vigabatrin. Substances: Aminocaproic Acids. Vigabatrin. PMID: 6228746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6228746
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Vigabatrin: rational treatment for chronic epilepsy.
Vigabatrin is a selective, irreversible suicide inhibitor of GABA transaminase ... A study of the effects of vigabatrin on the central nervous system and retina of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=488313
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Anticonvulsant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search ... Vigabatrin (1989). Progabide. Tiagabine (1996) ... Gabapentin · Pregabalin · Progabide · Vigabatrin. Oxazolidinediones ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticonvulsants
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Brain GABA editing by localized in vivo (1)H magnetic resonance ...
The effect of vigabatrin, a specific inhibitor of GABA transaminase, was ... g for controls, while for vigabatrin-treated rats the GABA concentration ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15052553?ordinalpos=42&it...
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Vigabatrin in the treatment of epilepsy in children
3 Vigabatrin was added onto current antiepileptic treatment in an initially ... Vigabatrin for refractory complex partial seizures: multicenter single-blind ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1379688
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NIDA Addiction Treatment Discovery Program
Vigabatrin has been shown to block ... In addition, it is noteworthy that vigabatrin ... subset of patients receiving vigabatrin (Kalviainen and Nousiainen, 2001) ...
http://www.nida.nih.gov/about/organization/DPMCDA/atdp/ATDP_2006_Guide.pdf
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Response to vigabatrin in relation to seizure type
5 This review provides evidence that vigabatrin is effective in the treatment of ... Vigabatrin for refractory complex partial seizures: multicenter single-blind ...
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Ovation Pharmaceuticals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ovation Pharmaceuticals is a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals products including ... hydrochloride, and Vigabatrin which is an anticonvulsant that inhibits the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovation_Pharmaceuticals
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First Symposium on Pediatric Neurotransmitter Diseases: National ...
Vigabatrin is typically used as an anticonvulsant. ... Administration of Vigabatrin, taurine or CGP 35348 increase the percent of ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/proceedings/PND_2002.htm?css=print
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Infantile Spasms: Little Seizures, BIG Consequences
However, an important issue is how vigabatrin compares with ACTH. ... The patients were given either ACTH 10 IU/day or vigabatrin 100 to 150 mg/kg/day. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1464162
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Epileptic Encephalopathies in Infancy and Early Childhood in Which the ...
ACTH or vigabatrin are the drugs of choice, controlling the epileptic spasms in ... Vigabatrin is possibly effective for the short-term treatment of epileptic ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=epi&part=ch7
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background paper
Revising Subheadings. As medical librarians know well, achieving precision in ... Approach 2a: Subheadings linked to MeSH indexing term VIGABATRIN* (QGS = 29) ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Background_subheadings_04-13-2006.doc
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