Zonegran (zonisamide) is well tolerated and efficacious when used as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for partial epilepsy, with or without secondary generalization, in children aged between six and 17 years for at least one year, according to the results of a new study published today in Epilepsia.
The results of this study also showed that zonisamide was not associated with any unexpected safety issues or detrimental effects on children’s growth and development. Zonisamide is a second generation anti-epileptic drug (AED) with multiple mechanisms of action and a chemical structure unrelated to any other AEDs.
