Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Onfi (clobazam) is a benzodiazapine for use as an add-on treatment for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) in patients 2 years of age or older.
What are the most common seizure medications? First-line therapy for generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures includes valproic acid (Depakene, Depakote), lamotrigine (Lamictal) and topiramate (Topamax). For partial seizures, common first-line medications include carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenytoin (Dilantin), Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) and, especially in children, ethosuximide (Zarontin). Additionally, phenobarbital is often the medication of choice for seizures in very young children.