Eletriptan Hydrobromide and Eslicarbazepine Acetate

• Generic Name: eletriptan
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Relpax

Acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura.

Not recommended for management of hemiplegic or basilar migraine or for prophylaxis of migraine.

Safety and efficacy not established for management of cluster headaches.

• Generic Name: eslicarbazepine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Aptiom

Management (in combination with other anticonvulsants) of partial-onset seizures in adults.

In longer-term extension studies, reductions in seizure frequency were maintained for at least 1 year.

Controlled comparative trials between eslicarbazepine acetate and oxcarbazepine needed to fully evaluate the relative efficacy and tolerability of these structurally related anticonvulsants (see Actions).

Once-daily dosage regimen may help improve patient compliance.