User:Mr. Ibrahem/Felbamate

Felbamate, sold under the brand name Felbatol, is medication used to treat epilepsy. It is specifically used to treat partial seizures and Lennox–Gastaut syndrome. It is only recommended with safer options are not effective. It is taken by mouth.

Common side effects include loss of appetite, nausea, trouble sleeping, and headache. Side effects may include aplastic anemia, liver failure, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and suicide. Safety in pregnancy is unclear. How it works is not clear.

Felbamate was approved for medical use in the United States in 1993. It is not approved in the United Kingdom, but can be acquired if other option are not effective. In the United States 30 tablets of 600 mg cost about 95 USD as of 2021.