Topamax
Louisville Center for Weight Loss
What is TOPAMAX®?
Topamax brand name of generic Topiramate is used for various medical problems including migraine headaches, seizures, and behavior problems in children. As a side effect it was noticed that people taking the drug lost typically twenty pounds. It is used off label as a weight loss medication. Our patinets report that it makes sweets taste funny and helps with the craving for carbs. One patient said it made Coke taste like acid.
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Louisville Center for Weight Loss
What is TOPAMAX®?
Migraine
Adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older for the prophylaxis of migraine headache. The usefulness of TOPAMAX® in the acute treatment of migraine headache has not been studied.
Monotherapy Epilepsy
Initial monotherapy in patients 2 years of age and older with partial onset or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Safety and effectiveness in patients who were converted to monotherapy from a previous regimen of other anticonvulsant drugs have not been established in controlled trials.
Adjunctive Epilepsy
Adjunctive therapy for adults and pediatric patients ages 2 to 16 years with partial onset seizures or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and in patients 2 years of age and older with seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
