Pro-Epanutin is indicated in adults and children aged 5 years and older: • for the control of status epilepticus of the tonic-clonic (grand mal) type (see section 4.2). • for prevention and treatment of seizures occurring in connection with neurosurgery and/or head trauma. • as substitute for oral phenytoin if oral administration is not possible and/or contra-indicated.
Control of tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal epilepsy), partial seizures (focal including temporal lobe) or a combination of these, and for the prevention and treatment of seizures occurring during or following neurosurgery and/or severe head injury. Epanutin has also been employed in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia but it should only be used as second line therapy if carbamazepine is ineffective or patients are intolerant to carbamazepine.
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