{"title":"Nontraditional Antiseizure Medications to Consider When Traditional Options Have Failed: Medications for Refractory Seizures and Epilepsies.","authors":"Adrian Turner, M Scott Perry","doi":"10.5863/JPPT-25-01203","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the field of epilepsy, the advent of precision medicine and the repurposing of medications for new applications have fortuitously allowed more accurate diagnosing and individually targeted therapeutics. Despite these advances, there remain patients who do not respond sufficiently-or at all-to traditionally prescribed treatments. Clinicians often need to be creative, using clinical experience and rigorous research to intuit the next step when most, if not all, anti-seizure treatments have not produced sufficient results. Herein we describe 5 medications with emerging reports of efficacy for seizure control identified by coauthor clinical experience and prescribers in clinical practice for drug information purposes (e.g., ketamine, memantine, quinidine, riluzole, trazodone). Additionally, we summarize pertinent pharmacokinetics, adverse effects, and known and potential interactions with neurologically focused medications to further guide clinical application. Ketamine and memantine appear to be promising options to apply to patients presently, while quinidine, riluzole, and trazodone have data that could contribute to future applications in specific patient populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":37484,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","volume":"30 3","pages":"306-322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12172677/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5863/JPPT-25-01203","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/6/9 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the field of epilepsy, the advent of precision medicine and the repurposing of medications for new applications have fortuitously allowed more accurate diagnosing and individually targeted therapeutics. Despite these advances, there remain patients who do not respond sufficiently-or at all-to traditionally prescribed treatments. Clinicians often need to be creative, using clinical experience and rigorous research to intuit the next step when most, if not all, anti-seizure treatments have not produced sufficient results. Herein we describe 5 medications with emerging reports of efficacy for seizure control identified by coauthor clinical experience and prescribers in clinical practice for drug information purposes (e.g., ketamine, memantine, quinidine, riluzole, trazodone). Additionally, we summarize pertinent pharmacokinetics, adverse effects, and known and potential interactions with neurologically focused medications to further guide clinical application. Ketamine and memantine appear to be promising options to apply to patients presently, while quinidine, riluzole, and trazodone have data that could contribute to future applications in specific patient populations.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics is the official journal of the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. JPPT is a peer-reviewed multi disciplinary journal that is devoted to promoting the safe and effective use of medications in infants and children. To this end, the journal publishes practical information for all practitioners who provide care to pediatric patients. Each issue includes review articles, original clinical investigations, case reports, editorials, and other information relevant to pediatric medication therapy. The Journal focuses all work on issues related to the practice of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics. The scope of content includes pharmacotherapy, extemporaneous compounding, dosing, methods of medication administration, medication error prevention, and legislative issues. The Journal will contain original research, review articles, short subjects, case reports, clinical investigations, editorials, and news from such organizations as the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group, the FDA, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and so on.