Topiramate as treatment for hemifacial spasm.
OBJECTIVE
To report a patient with hemifacial spasm (HFS) which improved with topiramate.


METHODS
A 52-year-old woman diagnosed with migraine, who also had a right HFS, did experience a marked improvement of HFS after introduction of topiramate as prophylactic therapy for her migraine episodes. Topiramate withdrawal led to reappearance of HFS, which improved again after its reintroduction.


CONCLUSIONS
Topiramate should be considered as a possible therapy for HFS.
Alonso-Navarro
Hortensia
H
Sección de Neurología, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Zamora, Spain.
Rubio
Lluisa
L
Jiménez-Jiménez
Félix Javier
FJ
D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019569:Hemifacial Spasm / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077236:Topiramate
D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose