Water-soluble methyl cyclohexane acetic acid structural analogue to GABA, used in additional treatment in all types of partial epilepsy. No first-pass metabolism, excreted in unchanged form in urine.
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Andersson C, patient report: Tolerated (n=1).
Used in porphyria wards (Sweden).
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Uneventful use reported in 25 patients with acute porphyria.
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Gabapentin treatment of seizures in acute intermittent porphyria.
Tatum WO, Zachariah SB. Neurology. 1995 Jun; 45(6):1216-7.