Biology:Topiramate

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Short description: Medication used to treat epilepsy and migraine
Topiramate
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Trade namesTopamax, Trokendi XR, Qudexy XR, others
Other namesTopiramic acid
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Bioavailability80%
Protein binding13–17%; 15–41%
MetabolismLiver (20–30%)
Elimination half-life21 hours
ExcretionUrine (70–80%)
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FormulaC12H21NO8S
Molar mass339.36 g·mol−1
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Topiramate, sold under the brand name Topamax among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy and prevent migraines.[7] It has also been used in alcohol dependence and essential tremor.[7] For epilepsy this includes treatment for generalized or focal seizures.[8] It is taken orally (by mouth).[7]

Common side effects include tingling, feeling tired, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, weight loss,[9] and decreased cognitive function such as trouble concentrating.[7][8] Serious side effects may include suicide, increased ammonia levels resulting in encephalopathy, and kidney stones.[7] Topiramate can cause birth defects including cleft lip and palate.[10] Risk/benefit should be carefully discussed with the full treatment team. Topiramate is considered "probably compatible" with lactation and is not contraindicated in breastfeeding, though monitoring of the infant for diarrhea or poor weight gain may be considered.[11] [12] The mechanism of action is unclear.[7]

Topiramate was approved for medical use in the United States in 1996.[7] It is available as a generic medication.[8][13][14] In 2021, it was the 66th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 10 million prescriptions.[15][16]

Medical uses

A package of topiramate 25mg from Norway

Topiramate is used to treat epilepsy in children and adults, and it was originally used as an anticonvulsant.[17] In children, it is indicated for the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a disorder that causes seizures and developmental delay. It is most frequently prescribed for the prevention of migraines[17] as it decreases the frequency of attacks.[18][19] Topiramate is used to treat medication overuse headache and is recommended by the European Federation of Neurological Societies as one of the few medications showing effectiveness for this indication.[20]

Pain

A 2018 review found topiramate of no use in chronic low back pain.[21] Topiramate has not been shown to work as a pain medicine in diabetic neuropathy, the only neuropathic condition in which it has been adequately tested.[22]

Other

One common off-label use for topiramate is in the treatment of bipolar disorder.[23][24][25] A review published in 2010 suggested a benefit of topiramate in the treatment of symptoms of borderline personality disorder, however the authors noted that this was based only on one randomized controlled trial and requires replication.[26]

Topiramate has been used as a treatment for alcoholism.[27] The U.S. Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 2015 guidelines on substance use disorders list topiramate as a "strong for" in its recommendations for alcohol use disorder.[28]

Other uses include treatment of obesity,[29][30] binge eating disorder,[31] and off-setting weight gain induced by taking antipsychotic medications.[32][33] In 2012, the combination of phentermine/topiramate was approved in the United States for weight loss.

Adverse effects

People taking topiramate should be aware of the following risks:

  • Avoid activities requiring mental alertness and coordination until drug effects are realized.
  • Topiramate may impair heat regulation,[34] especially in children. Use caution with activities leading to an increased core temperature, such as strenuous exercise, exposure to extreme heat, or dehydration.
  • Topiramate may cause visual field defects.[35]
  • Topiramate may decrease effectiveness of oestrogen-containing oral contraceptives.
  • Taking topiramate in the first trimester of pregnancy may increase risk of cleft lip/cleft palate in infant.[36]
  • As is the case for all antiepileptic drugs, it is advisable not to suddenly discontinue topiramate as there is a theoretical risk of rebound seizures.
  • Some studies have attributed loss of appetite and upper respiratory tract infection to topiramate, but studies have concluded their adverse events are not difficult to tolerate for most individuals.[37]

Frequency

Adverse effects by incidence:[38][39][40][41][42]

Very common (>10% incidence) adverse effects include:


Rarely, the inhibition of carbonic anhydrase may be strong enough to cause metabolic acidosis of clinical importance.[43]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified prescribers that topiramate can cause acute myopia and secondary angle closure glaucoma in a small subset of people who take topiramate regularly.[44] The symptoms, which typically begin in the first month of use, include blurred vision and eye pain. Discontinuation of topiramate may halt the progression of the ocular damage and may reverse the visual impairment.

Preliminary data suggests that, as with several other anti-epileptic drugs, topiramate carries an increased risk of congenital malformations.[45] This might be particularly important for women who take topiramate to prevent migraine attacks. In March 2011, the FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of an increased risk of development of cleft lip and/or cleft palate (oral clefts) in infants born to women treated with Topamax (topiramate) during pregnancy and placed it in Pregnancy Category D.[36]

Cognitive and word-finding difficulties, as they may occur in some patients, may respond to piracetam.[46][47]

Topiramate has been associated with a statistically significant increase in suicidality,[48] and "suicidal thoughts or actions" is now listed as one of the possible side effects of the drug "in a very small number of people, about 1 in 500."[34][49]

Overdose

Symptoms of acute and acute on chronic exposure to topiramate range from asymptomatic to status epilepticus, including in patients with no seizure history.[50][51] In children, overdose may also result in hallucinations.[51] Topiramate has been deemed the primary substance that led to fatal overdoses in cases that were complicated by polydrug exposure.[52] The most common signs of overdose are dilated pupils, somnolence, dizziness, psychomotor agitation, and abnormal, uncoordinated body movements.[50][51][52]

Interactions

Topiramate has many drug-drug interactions. Some of the most common are listed below:

  • As topiramate inhibits carbonic anhydrase, use with other inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase (e.g. acetazolamide) increases the risk of kidney stones.[citation needed]
  • Enzyme inducers (e.g. carbamazepine) can increase the elimination of topiramate, possibly necessitating dose escalations of topiramate.[citation needed]
  • Topiramate may increase the plasma-levels of phenytoin.
  • Topiramate itself is a weak inhibitor of CYP2C19 and induces CYP3A4; a decrease in plasma levels of estrogens and digoxin has been noted during topiramate therapy. This can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives (birth control pills); use of alternative birth control methods is recommended.[53] Neither intrauterine devices (IUDs) nor Depo-Provera are affected by topiramate.[53]
  • Alcohol may cause increased sedation or drowsiness, and increase the risk of having a seizure.
  • As topiramate may result in acidosis other treatments that also do so may worsen this effect.[54]
  • Oligohidrosis and hyperthermia were reported in post-marketing reports about topiramate; antimuscarinic drugs (like trospium) can aggravate these disorders.[citation needed]

Pharmacology

Chair-style representation of skeletal formula

The topiramate molecule is a sulfamate modified sugar, more specifically, fructose diacetonide, an unusual chemical structure for a pharmaceutical.

Topiramate is quickly absorbed after oral use. It has a half life of 21 hours and a steady state of the drug is reached in 4 days in patients with normal renal function.[55] Most of the drug (70%) is excreted in the urine unchanged. The remainder is extensively metabolized by hydroxylation, hydrolysis, and glucuronidation. Six metabolites have been identified in humans, none of which constitutes more than 5% of an administered dose.

Several cellular targets have been proposed to be relevant to the therapeutic activity of topiramate.[56] These include (1) voltage-gated sodium channels; (2) high-voltage-activated calcium channels; (3) GABA-A receptors; (4) AMPA/kainate receptors; and (5) carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes. There is evidence that topiramate may alter the activity of its targets by modifying their phosphorylation state instead of by a direct action.[57] The effect on sodium channels could be of particular relevance for seizure protection. Although topiramate does inhibit high-voltage-activated calcium channels, the relevance to clinical activity is uncertain. Effects on specific GABA-A receptor isoforms could also contribute to the antiseizure activity of the drug. Topiramate selectively inhibits cytosolic (type II) and membrane associated (type IV) forms of carbonic anhydrase. The action on carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes may contribute to the drug's side-effects, including its propensity to cause metabolic acidosis and calcium phosphate kidney stones.

Topiramate inhibits maximal seizure activity in electroconvulsive therapy and in pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures as well as partial and secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures in the kindling model, findings predictive of a broad spectrum of activities clinically. Its action on mitochondrial permeability transition pores has been proposed as a mechanism.[58]

While many anticonvulsants have been associated with apoptosis in young animals, animal experiments have found that topiramate is one of the very few anticonvulsants [see: levetiracetam, carbamazepine, lamotrigine] that do not induce apoptosis in young animals at doses needed to produce an anticonvulsant effect.[59]

Detection in body fluids

Blood, serum, or plasma topiramate concentrations may be measured using immunoassay or chromatographic methods to monitor therapy, confirm a diagnosis of poisoning in hospitalized patients, or to assist in a medicolegal death investigation. Plasma levels are usually less than 10 mg/L during therapeutic administration, but can range from 10 to 150 mg/L in overdose victims.[60][61][62]

History

Topiramate was discovered in 1979 by Bruce E. Maryanoff and Joseph F. Gardocki during their research work at McNeil Pharmaceuticals.[63][64] Topiramate was first sold in 1996.[65] Mylan Pharmaceuticals was granted final approval by the FDA for the sale of generic topiramate in the United States and the generic version was made available in September 2006.[66] The last patent for topiramate in the U.S. was for use in children and expired on 28 February 2009.[67]

Research

Topiramate is being studied as a potential treatment for post traumatic stress disorder.[68]

There is some evidence for the use of topiramate in the management of cravings related to withdrawal from dextromethorphan.[69]

A 2023 systematic review of seizure treatment for infants aged 1 to 36 months identified three studies that evaluated the use of topiramate. Though its adverse effects including upper respiratory tract infection and loss of appetite were rarely severe enough for the medication to be discontinued in this age group, its effectiveness in reducing seizures was inconclusive. The available research suffers from small sample sizes, inconsistent findings, and inadequate comparison groups.[70]

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