Warning: Anticonvulsant medication may affect the levels of vitamins B2, B6, B22, C, D, E, beta-carotene, biotin and folate.
Medications may have different marketing names in Canada than in the United States.
Available in Canada by prescription
Generic Name
Trade Name
Additional Names/Information
Acetazolam
Carbamazepine
Tegretol
Mazepine, Carbamazepine CR
Clobazam
Frisium
Clonazepam
Rivotril
Clonpam, Clonazepam-R
Diazepam
Valium
Diastat, Diazemuls, Dipam
Ethosuximide
Zarontin
Fosphenytoin
Cerebyx
Gabapentin
Neurontin
Lacosamide
Vimpat
Lamotrigine
Lamictal
This drug is not approved in Canada for persons under 16 years of age except in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Please see Health Canada`s safety update (2004).
Levetiracetam
Keppra
Lorazepam
Ativan
Loraz
Methsuximide
Celontin
This drug has been discontinued in Canada. 2015-06-05
Nitrazepam
Mogadon
Nitrazedon
Oxcarbazepine
Trileptal
Please see Health Canada’s safety update (2005).
This drug is not generally used as an anticonvulsant medication except in hospital (injected rectally or intramuscularly) to stop status epilepticus.
Phenobarb, Phenobarbital Sodium
Phenytoin
Dilantin
Phenytoin Sodium, Tremytoine
Pregabalin
Lyrica
Rufinamide
Banzel
Stiripentol
Diacomit
Topiramate
Topamax
Valproic Acid
Epival, Depakene
Divalproex Sodium, Sodium Valproate
Vigabatrin
Sabril
Available in the United States
Tiagabine Hydrochloride (Gabitril)
For more information on any of the listed drugs, you can:
- speak to your healthcare provider
- speak to your local pharmacist (often a wealth of knowledge on the options available to you)
- see Epilepsy Therapy Project’s Detailed Seizure Medicine Information
- visit Health Canada’s Drug Product Database
