Drug name: Topiramate
Drug class: Misc. agents
Monitor:
- baseline serum bicarb & eGFR before therapy
- dose adjustment for renal impairment


Drug name mnemonics: Top-pirate.  Top pirate => able to scare the bad guys away for seizure prevention. Pirate => water => renal. Water => put out explosions (seizures). Sea water => put out all kind of explosions (partial, generalized, Lennox Gastaut).

Top-pirate = Topira-mate <=> all seizures as the primary Sea <=> water = renal impairments & put out seizures