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Active metabolite of oxcarbazepine
Licarbazepine is a voltage-gated sodium channel blocker with anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing effects that is related to oxcarbazepine .[1] It is an active metabolite of oxcarbazepine .[1] [2] In addition, an enantiomer of licarbazepine, eslicarbazepine ((S )-(+)-licarbazepine), is an active metabolite of eslicarbazepine acetate .[1] [2] Oxcarbazepine and eslicarbazepine acetate are inactive on their own, and behave instead as prodrugs to licarbazepine and eslicarbazepine, respectively, to produce their therapeutic effects.[1] [2]
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