• 1. Xi’an Medical College, Xi’an 710000, China;
  • 2. Department of Paediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an 710000, China;
YANG Xinwei, Email: 693647291@qq.com
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Perampanel (PER) is a third-generation novel anti-seizure drug, a postsynaptic neuronal (α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4- isoxazolepropionic acid, AMPA) receptor antagonist, which effectively controls seizures by inhibiting glutamate-induced neurological hypertransmission. PER can not only be used for the addition of focal epilepsy 4 years old and above, but also monotherapy for children (≥ 4 years old) for the treatment of focal epilepsy patients, its efficacy and safety is relatively good, has been used clinically in many countries, the article overviewed the pharmacokinetics, mechanism, and the addition and monotherapy in different epilepsy types of childhood epilepsy and other aspects, in order to provide a reference for clinical medication, and provide individualized treatment for children with epilepsy.

Citation: SUN Yuyao, YANG Xinwei. Research progress of perampanel in the treatment of childhood epilepsy. Journal of Epilepsy, 2023, 9(3): 218-223. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.202302007 Copy

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