Aptiom

Alternate Name: Aptiom

Description: Aptiom is used alone or with other medications to use certain types of seizures in adults. There is not a generic version of Aptiom currently available. The average Aptiom cash price can be expensive at about $880 for a supply of 30, 800 mg tablets. You can significantly lower your Aptiom cost by using our free Aptiom savings card at a participating pharmacy near you.

Dosage Form: Tablet

Administration Route: By mouth

Drug Class: Anticonvulsant, Central Nervous System Agent

Generic Available: No

Strength: 800 MG

Warnings: Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments. Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results. Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone. Do not stop using this medicine suddenly because your seizures may return or occur more often. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely. Birth control pills may not work as well while you use this medicine. Use another form of birth control, such as condoms, to prevent pregnancy. This medicine may cause depression or thoughts of suicide. Tell your doctor right away if you feel depressed or think about hurting yourself. This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy, or it may cause vision changes. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you. This medicine may cause the following problems:Serious skin reactionsAllergic reaction affecting your liver, kidneys, or other organsHyponatremia (low sodium levels)Liver problems Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, liver disease, or depression.

Food Warnings: Do not stop using this medicine suddenly because your seizures may return or occur more often. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely., This medicine may cause depression or thoughts of suicide. Tell your doctor right away if you feel depressed or think about hurting yourself., This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy, or it may cause vision changes. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you., This medicine may cause the following problems:Serious skin reactionsAllergic reaction affecting your liver, kidneys, or other organsHyponatremia (low sodium levels)Liver problems, Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone., Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments., Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results., Birth control pills may not work as well while you use this medicine. Use another form of birth control, such as condoms, to prevent pregnancy., Some medicines can affect how eslicarbazepine works. Tell your doctor if you are using carbamazepine, clobazam, omeprazole, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, primidone, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, or birth control pills.