Uso clínico de Vigabatrín en epilepsia

SUMMARY Vigabatrin is an antiepileptic drug, used in epilepsy since three decades ago, is indicated in the treatment of refractory complex partial seizures and infantile spasms, specially associated to tuberous sclerosis, but the Visual Fields Defects (VFD), has limited its use in some countries. Nevertheless in others such as United Kingdom, France, in Asia like Japan and Latinamerica, its use has continue, and now VGB was approved in the USA in August 2009 by the Food and Drug administration (FDA) as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of refractory complex partial seizures in adults and for the infantile spasm. The FDA implemented a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy to control for the possibility of adverse drug events. In this paper we review generalities, pharmacokinetic and pharmacologic properties and its role like antiepileptic drug, indications according to type of seizures and use limitations due to visual field defects.