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Multiple medications have recently been approved or are nearing US Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of pediatric epilepsy, while a number of other compounds are in development. Many of these therapies are seeking indications in rare epilepsy syndromes and present novel mechanisms of action for the treatment of epilepsy.. Data related to drugs in development or under study were accessed following literature search via PubMed or author knowledge of publically available data.. Several new compounds are recently approved or under study for epilepsy in children.. The following is a brief overview of the new and emerging medications for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy.

Topics: Anticonvulsants; Cannabidiol; Child; Dioxolanes; Epilepsy; Fenfluramine; Humans; Piperidines; Pregnanolone; Pyridines