Question
Posted on: April 19 2019Sabril 400 mg for a child of 8 months?
The children's neurologist asks if we can make the tablets a syrup.
Answer
SABRIL (Vigabatrin) is an oral antiepileptic drug and is available as white film-coated 500 mg tablets and as a white to off-white Granular powder for oral solution in packets of 500 mg.
The chemical name of Vigabatrin, a racemate consisting of two enantiomers, is (±) 4-amino-5-hexenoic acid. The Molecular formula is C 6 H 11 NO 2 and the molecular weight is 129.16. It has the following structural formula: