Symla

Symla belongs to a group of medicines called antiepileptic drugs. It is used to treat two conditions – epilepsy and bipolar affective disorder.

works Symla by blocking the impulses in the brain that cause epileptic seizures.
– In adults and children aged 13 years and over, Symla can be used to treat epilepsy alone (alone) or in combination with other medicines. Symla may also be used in combination with other medicines to treat epileptic seizures associated with a condition called syndromeLennox-Gastaut .
– In children aged 2 to 12 years, Symla may be used in combination with other medicines to treat these conditions. It can be used as the only medicine to treat a type of epilepsy called typical absence seizures.

Symla is also used to treat bipolar affective disorder.
Patients with bipolar affective disorder (sometimes called manic-depressive psychosis) experience extreme mood swings with episodes of mania (agitation or euphoria) alternating with episodes of depression (deep sadness or despair).
In adults aged 18 years and over, Symla may be used as the only medicine or in combination with other medicines to prevent depressive episodes occurring in bipolar affective disorder.