Ethosuximide User Reviews & Ratings

Brand names: Zarontin

Ethosuximide has an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 from a total of 12 reviews on Drugs.com. 67% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 17% reported a negative experience.

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Taken for less than 1 month
April 17, 2022

For Seizures "My 7-year-old grandson has just started using this drug for his absent seizures (4 days). I'm a bit concerned about the effect it's having on him at this early stage. He just seems extremely vague and tired all day. Is this normal at the start of treatment, and will he go back to his normal bubbly self when he is used to it? Hopefully, he will. I will say it does seem to have stopped his seizures even so early in his treatment. Needs to be in tablet form for young children though."

4 / 10

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January 5, 2016

Ethosuximide for Seizures "I love this medicine. Would give it a 10, but it is always an ordeal to get it. I tried the generic, and it did not control my seizures as well. Super expensive, but worth it. I can work, have a family, and go outside during the day."

8 / 10

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den...
Taken for less than 1 month
January 2, 2020

For Seizures "My daughter has been on the generic ethosuximide for only 2 weeks, and it's made her miserable. She gets sweats, it keeps her up at night, and she is experiencing weakness-like, she feels like she can't get out of bed. This is with only taking 1 capsule before bed. They wanted her up to 3 a day by the end of the month. I don't know if we can get the name brand at all, or if it would even be any better. All in all, I think we will be going with something else."

3 / 10

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Anonymous
July 4, 2010

Ethosuximide for Seizures "I have been using this medication for 14 years without any problems or breakthrough seizures. I tried to switch to the generic version without success. It made me feel foggy brained. Too bad, because it is a lot cheaper."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
January 6, 2012

For Seizures "My daughter has been on this medication for 3 months now. I will say that it is effective. Most of the time she is seizure-free but does experience side effects such as upset stomach and restless at night."

7 / 10

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Anonymous
April 18, 2010

Ethosuximide for Seizures "Works very well in combination with Dilantin to control seizures. I have been taking this drug for over 25 years and have no problems. It is not a common drug, and many doctors have not heard of it, but the pharmacy gets it for me. It is expensive and not covered by most insurance. The generic brand does not seem to work as well."

9 / 10

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Mai...
April 5, 2016

For Seizures "I have used ethosuximide for my daughter who is 8 years old for the past 3 weeks, and it's amazing. It is working 100%, the seizures seem to have disappeared. Although I have to import it from another country, and can only get it in syrup form, I would prefer tablets."

10 / 10

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pur...
Taken for 10 years or more
September 23, 2015

Ethosuximide for Seizures "I would give this a score of 10, but being a very hard-to-find drug, I had to give it a 9. I took this for 16 years but finally had to switch to Keppra because of it becoming rare to find at pharmacies and having to skip doses and go without. Overall, side effect-wise, I would rate it a solid 9."

9 / 10

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wen...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
December 27, 2019

For Seizures "The medicine ethosuximide is fine and works as advertised for seizures. My issue is that in 2018 I was paying $40.00 for this, in 2019 the price went up to $189.10. That's a significant jump, and I don't understand why that is. Please contact Cigna insurance and work out a solution on the price of this medication. This is overpriced, and the jump is erroneous."

10 / 10

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Taken for 2 to 5 years
March 24, 2021

Ethosuximide for Seizures "My experience would be a negative number. I believe the reason to be either: it was during the trial, or it was categorized, or reissued as serving a different type of seizure disorder. I have permanent spinal cord nerve damage and had most of the listed side effects for Zarontin, listed on this site and other sites. I was on it since 1976...40+ years ago."

2 / 10

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jam...
March 30, 2010

Ethosuximide for Seizures "This medicine is very good at controlling me, so I can work part-time. Now it's hard to get, or not at all. Got 3 weeks' supply left, then guess they switch me, and I go through seizures again."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
November 6, 2011

Ethosuximide for Seizures "It's only been 3 weeks that my daughter has been taking her medication, but I have seen very good results."

10 / 10

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