Table 1

Potencies of antiepileptic drugs against 75 mg/kg cocaine-induced convulsions (ED50 values) and potencies of these drugs to produce behavioral toxicity on the inverted-screen test (TD50values)

DrugED50TD50ED50TD50
mg/kg mmol/kg
Gabapentin11.2  (2.68–46.4)>17000.065>9.930
Loreclezole7.86  (3.07–20.1)60.3  (40.7–89.6)0.0290.220
Vigabatrin197  (90.5–427)1131  (797–1606)1.5258.754
Stiripentol68.3  (27.4–170)364  (186–710)0.2921.554
Progabide69.8  (34.1–143)200  (124–322)0.2090.598
Tiagabine4.11  (1.78–9.45)11.4  (7.13–18.0)0.0110.030
Losigamone24.7  (13.9–43.8)58.0  (46.8–71.9)0.0970.228
Remacemide38.9  (26.8–56.4)76.3  (63.2–92.2)0.1450.284
Felbamate205  (157–268)258  (233–285)0.8601.083
Clobazam>17.012.2  (10.3–14.5)>0.0570.041
Flunarizine>300>300>0.742>0.742
Lamotrigine>56.033.0  (21.9–49.8)>0.2190.129
Zonisamide>10048.6  (27.3–86.5)>0.4710.229
Topiramate>300469  (263–838)>0.8841.382

Values are expressed in milligrams per kilogram (with 95% confidence limits in parentheses) and in millimoles per kilogram. Doses of drugs in millimoles per kilogram refer to the free-base forms. ED50and TD50 values were calculated from dose-response functions in Fig. 2.