Drug - Sabril (vigabatrin) [Lundbeck]
August 2010
Therapeutic Area - Antiepileptic
Infantile Spasms - 1 Month to 2 Years of Age and Refractory Complex Partial Seizures in Adults
Sabril is indicated as adjunctive therapy for adult patients with refractory complex partial seizures (CPS) who have inadequately responded to several alternative treatments and for whom the potential benefits outweigh the risk of vision loss.
Powder for oral solution: 500 mg
Tablet: 500 mg
Available only through specialty pharmacy distribution.
Because of the risk of vision loss, because Sabril is about $30/day (pediatrics) to $180/day (adults) and because Sabril, when it is effective, provides an observable symptomatic benefit, a patient who fails to show substantial clinical benefit within 3 months of initiation of treatment, should be withdrawn from Sabril. If in the clinical judgment of the prescriber evidence of treatment failure becomes obvious earlier than 3 months, treatment with Sabril should be discontinued at that time.
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