Any time a doctor suggests a new prescription, be sure to talk about what other medicines, supplements, herbs, and vitamins are already being taken. Sometimes one kind of medicine...

Often doctors find that medicines are useful for more than one purpose. It is legal to prescribe medicines for "off-label uses" even though the FDA has not formally approved such use. Off-label uses of zonisamide include: Lennox-Gastaut...

Often doctors find that medicines are useful for more than one purpose. It is legal (and common) to prescribe medicines for "off-label uses" even though the FDA has not formally...

Sometimes one kind of medicine changes the way another kind of medicine works in the body. If two kinds of medicine affect each other, the doctor may prescribe something else or change the amount to be taken. Your body gets...

Efficacy Although the FDA has not officially approved Zonegran for children, a number of research studies in children of various ages (even infants) have...

Efficacy Although the FDA has not officially approved zonisamide for children, a number of research studies in children of various ages (even infants)...

Absorption Zonisamide is absorbed rapidly and evenly distributed. Peak plasma levels of zonisamide are reached 2 to 4 hours after the capsules are taken....

Dose-related side effects The most commonly reported side effects in clinical trials were: somnolence ataxia anorexia confusion abnormal...

The recommended initial daily dose of zonisamide is 100 to 200 mg for adults and 2 to 4 mg/kg per day for children. Because steady state is reached within 14 days, dosages should...

Zonisamide is proven effective for partial epilepsy in adults. The FDA-approved information on zonisamide focuses on three studies involving a total of 499 patients who...