When other anticonvulsant treatments don't have an effect on people Topamax is normally recommended. Treatment of partial onset seizures in adults. The medications that have been increasingly prescribed as a migraine preventive is the antiseizure medication Topamax. Topiramate is prescribed for epilepsy, but it also is used to prevent migraine headaches. Elderly people may be at greater risk for side effects such as drowsiness and dizziness while using this drug. Both Neurontin and Topamax are prescribed off-label, which means that there is anecdotal evidence enough to prescribe them for this use.
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