Equetro and Panobinostat Lactate

• Generic Name: carbamazepine
• Dosage Forms: capsule, extended release
• Other Brand Names: Carbatrol, Epitol, Equetro, Tegretol, Tegretol XR, Tegretol, Tegretol XR

Equetro is available as 100 mg, 200 mg, and 300 mg extended-release capsules of carbamazepine. Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant that works by decreasing nerve impulses that cause seizures and pain.

Equetro is used for the treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder. A manic episode is a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood. Exactly how it works to treat bipolar episodes is not known.

Equetro is also used to treat seizures and nerve pain such as trigeminal neuralgia.

• Generic Name: panobinostat
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Farydak

In combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for treatment of multiple myeloma in patients who have received ≥2 prior therapies, including bortezomib and an immunomodulatory agent (designated an orphan drug by FDA for use in this condition ).

Accelerated approval based on progression-free survival; continued approval may be contingent on verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory studies.