Product Name

Vigabatrin

CAS Number

60643-86-9

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Product Name:
Vigabatrin
CAS Number:
60643-86-9
Indication:
For use as an adjunctive treatment (with other drugs) in treatment resistant epilepsy, complex partial seizures, secondary generalized seizures, and for monotherapy use in infantile spasms in West syndrome.
Mode of Action:

It is believed that vigabatrin increases brain concentrations of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS, by irreversibly inhibiting enzymes that catabolize GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase GABA-T) or block the reuptake of GABA into glia and nerve endings. Vigabatrin may also work by suppressing repetitive neuronal firing through inhibition of voltage-sensitive sodium channels.

Pharmacodynamics:

Vigabatrin, is an anticonvulsant chemically unrelated to other anticonvulsants. Vigabatrin inhibits the catabolism of GABA. It is an analog of GABA, but it is not a receptor agonist. Vigabatrin irreversibly inhibits the enzyme GABA transaminase.

Metabolism:

Almost no metabolic transformation. Does not induce the hepatic cytochrome P450 system.

IUPAC:
4-aminohex-5-enoic acid
ATC:
N03AG04
PubChem:
5665
DrugBank:
DB01080 (APRD00282)
Formula:
C46H58N4O9
Molecular Mass:
129.157
SMILES:
NC(CCC(O)=O)C=C
AHFS Code:
28:12.9
InChi:
PJDFLNIOAUIZSL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General Reference:
General Reference:

 

  1. Gram L, Larsson OM, Johnsen A, Schousboe A: Experimental studies of the influence of vigabatrin on the GABA system. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1989;27 Suppl 1:13S-17S. Pubmed
  2. Browne TR: Pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs. Neurology. 1998 Nov;51(5 Suppl 4):S2-7. Pubmed
  3. Lindberger M, Luhr O, Johannessen SI, Larsson S, Tomson T: Serum concentrations and effects of gabapentin and vigabatrin: observations from a dose titration study. Ther Drug Monit. 2003 Aug;25(4):457-62. Pubmed
  4. Zwanzger P, Baghai TC, Schuele C, Strohle A, Padberg F, Kathmann N, Schwarz M, Moller HJ, Rupprecht R: Vigabatrin decreases cholecystokinin-tetrapeptide (CCK-4) induced panic in healthy volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2001 Nov;25(5):699-703. Pubmed

 

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