Eslicarbazepine Acetate

Eslicarbazepine acetate is an antiepileptic drug. (In Vivo) :Eslicarbazepine acetate is an antiepileptic drug. It is a prodrug which is activated to eslicarbazepine (S-licarbazepine), an active metabolite of oxcarbazepine. Eslicarbazepine acetate is a prodrug for (S) - (+) -licarbazepine, the major active metabolite of oxcarbazepine. Its mechanism of action is therefore identical to that of oxcarbazepine. Eslicarbazepine acetate may not produce as high peak levels of (S) - (+) -licarbazepine immediately after dosing as does oxcarbazepine which could theoretically improve tolerability.