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Not All Epilepsy Drugs Ignite Suicidal Behavior

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A study that came out in the journal Neurology on Monday suggests that only a few epilepsy drugs are connected to rise in suicidal tendency, even though all the medications display a warning about the hazard. The study involved 44,300 UK patients using epilepsy medications from 1990 to 2005. But an increase in suicidal tendency was noticed only in a few patients who use a few newer drugs that were previously associated with risk of depression. Some of the newer drugs are topiramate (Topamax), levetiracetam (Keppra), tiagabine (Gabitril) and vigabatrin (Sabril). In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration had ordered that all the epilepsy drugs should display a warning about [...]

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