Advice
Following an abbreviated submission:
lacosamide (Vimpat®) is accepted for restricted use within NHS Scotland.
Indication under review: as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy.
SMC restriction: patients with refractory epilepsy. Treatment should be initiated by physicians who have appropriate experience in the treatment of epilepsy.
SMC has previously accepted lacosamide for restricted use as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in patients with epilepsy aged 16 years and older.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- lacosamide (Vimpat)
- SMC ID:
- 1301/18
- Indication:
- As adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy.
- Pharmaceutical company
- UCB Pharma Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Central nervous system
- Submission type
- Abbreviated
- Status
- Restricted
- Date advice published
- 12 February 2018