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Organic Chemicals > Amides > Acetamides > Lacosamide
... > Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Acetates > Acetamides > Lacosamide
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acetates > Acetamides > Lacosamide

Preferred term

Lacosamide  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • N benzyl 2 acetamido 3 methoxypropionamide
  • N-benzyl-2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamide
  • Vimpat

Scope note

  • An acetamide derivative that acts as a blocker of VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS. It is used as an anticonvulsant, for adjunctive or monotherapy, in the treatment of PARTIAL SEIZURES.

History note

  • 2019 (2000)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000078334

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