RT Book, Section A1 Bauer, Larry A. SR Print(0) ID 1106304225 T1 Oxcarbazepine/Eslicarbazepine T2 Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 3e YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Medical PP New York, NY SN 9780071794589 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106304225 RD 2024/03/19 AB Oxcarbazepine is an iminostilbene derivative related to the tricyclic antidepressants that is used in the treatment of tonic-clonic (grand mal), partial, or secondarily generalized seizures (Table 17-1).1,2,3, and 4 Lack of an intravenous dosage form has limited its use in the treatment of acute seizures. Thus, the drug is used primarily as a prophylactic agent in the chronic therapy of epilepsy. Oxcarbazepine is also a useful agent to treat bipolar affective disorders and neurogenic pain (trigeminal neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, etc) after carbamazepine has been considered.5,6,7, and 8