Mysoline

Seizures, Essential Tremor, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe

Treatment

5 FDA approvals

8 Active Studies for Mysoline

What is Mysoline

Primidone

The Generic name of this drug

Treatment Summary

Primidone is a medication used to treat seizures, such as grand mal, psychomotor, and focal epileptic seizures, as well as essential tremors. It was first developed in 1949 and approved by the FDA in 1954.

Primidone

is the brand name

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Mysoline Overview & Background

Brand Name

Generic Name

First FDA Approval

How many FDA approvals?

Primidone

Primidone

1978

73

Approved as Treatment by the FDA

Primidone, also known as Primidone, is approved by the FDA for 5 uses including Seizures and Partial-Onset Seizures .

Seizures

Helps manage Partial-Onset Seizures

Partial-Onset Seizures

Helps manage Partial-Onset Seizures

Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

Helps manage Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)

Helps manage Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)

Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe

Helps manage Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)

Effectiveness

How Mysoline Affects Patients

Primidone works by changing how sodium and calcium move in the body, which helps to reduce the frequency of nerve signals. This can help with seizures and tremors. It is usually taken in doses between 50-1000mg per day. It is important to tell patients that suddenly stopping primidone could cause a life-threatening medical emergency called status epilepticus.

How Mysoline works in the body

Primidone works to reduce seizures and essential tremor by altering the transport of sodium and calcium channels in your nerves. This reduces the number of times they fire, which can help stop convulsions. Primidone does not work directly on GABA-A receptors or chloride channels, although its byproduct, phenobarbital, does.

When to interrupt dosage

The advised measure of Mysoline relies upon the defined condition, including Tonic - clonic seizures, Seizures and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE). The quantity of dosage is contingent upon the system of delivery (e.g. Tablet or Oral) detailed in the table below.

Condition

Dosage

Administration

Seizures

, 50.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 125.0 mg

Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral,

Essential Tremor

, 50.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 125.0 mg

Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral,

Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe

, 50.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 125.0 mg

Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral,

Warnings

Mysoline has two contraindications and must be avoided when one of the conditions in the following table is present.

Mysoline Contraindications

Condition

Risk Level

Notes

Porphyrias

Do Not Combine

Severe Hypersensitivity Reactions

Do Not Combine

Primidone may interact with Pulse Frequency

There are 20 known major drug interactions with Mysoline.

Common Mysoline Drug Interactions

Drug Name

Risk Level

Description

1,2-Benzodiazepine

Major

The metabolism of 1,2-Benzodiazepine can be increased when combined with Primidone.

3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid

Major

The metabolism of 3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid can be increased when combined with Primidone.

5-androstenedione

Major

The metabolism of 5-androstenedione can be increased when combined with Primidone.

6-O-benzylguanine

Major

The metabolism of 6-O-benzylguanine can be increased when combined with Primidone.

7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin

Major

The metabolism of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin can be increased when combined with Primidone.

Mysoline Toxicity & Overdose Risk

The lowest toxic dose of primidone in rats is 1500mg/kg and 280mg/kg in mice. The symptoms of primidone overdose include confusion, unconsciousness, shallow breathing, weak reflexes, low blood pressure, and low urine output. Treatment for this kind of overdose consists of supportive care and removing any unabsorbed drug from the body.

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Mysoline Novel Uses: Which Conditions Have a Clinical Trial Featuring Mysoline?

At present, 4 active trials are investigating the potential of Mysoline to mitigate Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE), Tremor, Essential and Grand Mal Seizures.

Condition

Clinical Trials

Trial Phases

Essential Tremor

0 Actively Recruiting

Seizures

5 Actively Recruiting

Phase 3, Phase 2, Phase 1

Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe

4 Actively Recruiting

Not Applicable, Early Phase 1, Phase 1, Phase 2

Mysoline Reviews: What are patients saying about Mysoline?

5

Patient Review

6/3/2016

Mysoline for Convulsive Seizures

I've been living with epilepsy for nearly 50 years now, and Mysoline has really been the best medication I've found. It's lasted all these years without any problems. Generic brands just don't work as well, so be warned!

5

Patient Review

1/20/2012

Mysoline for Epileptic Seizure

This medicine has been a lifesaver for me. I've been taking it for years and it has completely controlled my seizures. I haven't experienced any negative side effects, although in the first few weeks after starting the medication I did feel a bit drowsy.

5

Patient Review

2/19/2013

Mysoline for Epileptic Seizure

This drug has been great for stopping my body cramps.

5

Patient Review

4/22/2013

Mysoline for Convulsive Seizures

This treatment has worked well for me. I'm very pleased with the results.

5

Patient Review

8/19/2011

Mysoline for Epileptic Seizure

5

Patient Review

11/23/2011

Mysoline for Convulsive Seizures

4.7

Patient Review

6/29/2014

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

This medication is great for helping to control tremors when used in conjunction with other drugs.

4.3

Patient Review

1/25/2012

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

I've tried a lot of different treatments, and this is by far the best one I've found. The doctor is very knowledgeable and has helped me immensely.

4

Patient Review

6/15/2013

Mysoline for Convulsive Seizures

I've been on this medication for 23 years and it's done a great job of controlling my seizures. When I started taking it, the fatigue was really bad but that eventually went away.

4

Patient Review

9/5/2013

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

I've been taking mysoline for a while now, and it hasn't really done much. Recently, I was diagnosed with asthma by a pulmonologist.

4

Patient Review

6/25/2012

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

I often felt dizzy and nauseous after taking this medication.

3

Patient Review

2/27/2021

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

Every year, my condition slightly worsens. I started treatment at 64 years old and saw some improvement with 100mg for three years. However, when I added vitamin E to the mix, I saw even better results for about a year. Now, I'm considering upping my dosage to 75mg with the same amount of vitamin E. From what I've read, this combination only helps a small percentage of people; luckily, I seem to be one of them.

3

Patient Review

11/30/2011

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

I haven't had a seizure in many years but I am concerned about the long-term effects of this medication.

3

Patient Review

9/7/2011

Mysoline for Excessive Involuntary Trembling

2

Patient Review

11/3/2013

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

My condition has gotten worse as I've gotten older, making it hard to write and socialize. Increasing my dosage hasn't helped at all (I'm up to 150mg now).

2

Patient Review

7/27/2012

Mysoline for Epileptic Seizure

While this has helped to lessen my tremors, it unfortunately hasn't had any effect on the tremor in my voice.

1

Patient Review

3/27/2012

Mysoline for Essential Tremor

I don't know if this interacts with doxycycline
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Patient Q&A Section about mysoline

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is Mysoline the same as primidone?

"The seizure medicine Mysoline is known by the generic name primidone in the United States, Canada, and many other countries."

Answered by AI

What is the drug primidone used for?

"Primidone is a medicine used to control seizures (convulsions) in the treatment of epilepsy. It is an anticonvulsant that works in the brain tissue to stop seizures. This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription."

Answered by AI

What is the drug Mysoline used for?

"This medication controls seizures either by itself or with other seizure medications. Reducing the seizures lets you do more normal daily activities, reduces the risk of harm when you lose consciousness, and also decreases the risk for a potentially deadly condition of having multiple seizures."

Answered by AI

Is Mysoline used for tremors?

"Primidone is an anti-seizure drug that is also effective for treating essential tremor. It is most useful for people with hand tremor. Although it is not clear how it works, primidone appears to be as effective as propranolol, with significant suppression of tremor in most patients."

Answered by AI

Clinical Trials for Mysoline

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Enhanced MRI Imaging for Epilepsy

18 - 64
All Sexes
Edmonton, Canada

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a common type of epilepsy and one of the most likely to not be controlled by medication. For patients who do not respond to medication, surgery can result in a cure of seizures. Given the fact that around 50% of patients who undergo surgery are seizure free at 10 years there is a need to improve the understanding of what factors best predict surgical outcomes in order to improve our ability to select candidates for surgery. The demonstration of abnormalities in the temporal lobe on MRI is one of the best predictors of seizure free surgical outcomes. Recent studies suggest that changes in specific subregions of the hippocampus could be the strongest predictors of surgical success, however the small size of these regions, (millimeters) make them very difficult to study with standard clinical MRI. Recently new MRI methods have been developed at Wayne State University to image hippocampal blood vessels using ferumoxytol infusion. Feraheme (ferumoxytol) is a drug that is approved in the United States for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia and is currently being studied as an MRI contrast agent in 8 active clinical trials in the United States as well as a Parkinson's Disease study in Canada.

Phase 2
Recruiting

Peter S. Allen MRI Unit

Donald Gross, MD

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