Clobazam

Evidence-based neurology checklist on clobazam: Mode of action Clobazam is a 1,5-benzodiazepine It activates the GABAA receptor Indications Dosing Neurological side effects Systemic side effects Dermatological side effects Other side effects Drugs which reduce Clobazam blood levels

Mode of action

  • Clobazam is a 1,5-benzodiazepine
  • It activates the GABAA receptor

Indications

Dosing

Neurological side effects

Systemic side effects

Dermatological side effects

Other side effects

Drugs which reduce Clobazam blood levels

References

  1. Gauthier AC, Mattson RH. Clobazam: a safe, efficacious, and newly rediscovered therapeutic for epilepsy. CNS Neurosci Ther 2015; 21:543-548. 
  2. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. The epilepsies: the diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care: pharmacological update of clinical guideline 20. London, Royal College of Physicians (UK): National Clinical Guideline Centre; 2012.
  3. Silva RC, Montenegro MA, Guerreiro CA, Guerreiro MM. Clobazam as add-on therapy in children with epileptic encephalopathy. Can J Neurol Sci 2006; 33:209-213.
  4. Conry JA, Ng YT, Kernitsky L, et al; OV-1004 Study Investigators. Stable dosages of clobazam for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are associated with sustained drop-seizure and total-seizure improvements over 3 years. Epilepsia 2014; 55:558-567. 
  5. Wheless JW, Isojarvi J, Lee D, Drummond R, Benbadis SR. Clobazam is efficacious for patients across the spectrum of disease severity of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: post hoc analyses of clinical trial results by baseline seizure-frequency quartiles and VNS experience. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 41:47-52. 
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