Re: Vigabatrin?

Posted by Scott L. Schofield on February 2, 2000, at 13:03:36

In reply to Vigabatrin?, posted by Abby on February 2, 2000, at 0:30:57

> Does anyone know about this drug? Have there been any threads in the past. I'm not up to doing a search which requires going through every 2-week period right now.

Hi Abby.
When I saw your post, I figured I'd give you a bit of a head start. Vigabatrin is one of those newer anticonvulsant drugs that are supposed to have mood-stabilizing properties. You can think of it as being along the same lines as Neurontin (gabapentin). Seeing the name rang a bell with me regarding some rather important side-effect. I took a look on Medline just to make sure. Unfortunately, it seems that vigabatrin has been linked to a loss of peripheral vision, and it is not rare.

- Scott

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