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Topamax – Kidney Stones and Birth Defects?

by James on 19 March 2011

One of today’s preventative drugs for migraine Topamax (topiramate) has come under fire lately as the medical community expresses concern about some of its possible side effects. Coming first in December, a study out of the University of Texas brought up the issue of kidney stones (nephrolithiasis).  Patients on topiramate for two years were tested. [...]

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New Migraine Topamax study: Adolescents

by James on 16 March 2009

The latest migraine Topamax study was published in Pediatrics this month.  It was a study of migraine patients age 12-17. The children and teen crowd have had far fewer migraine studies done.  Last year we talked about Topamax for children; this study focused on the older subset – adolescents.  Here’s what they found: As you [...]

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Topamax for children?

by James on 5 May 2008

After all the discussion here about the side effects of Topamax, it was interesting to read the research about Topamax for children that was published last month. In reality, there hasn’t been a lot of testing when it comes to topiramate for children.  However, the researchers in Italy pulled the research together that has been [...]

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