Genopam 0.5 mg Tab.

1. Panic attack
2. Epilepsy

• Status epilepticus
• Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
• Infantile spasm
• Absence seizure
• Myoclonic seizure
• Tonic-clonic seizure
• Akinetic and atonic seizure

3. Bipolar a­ffective disorder
4. Drug-induced dyskinesia
5. Choreiform movement
6. Fulgurant pain
7. Tourette’s syndrome
8. Resistant depression
9. Nocturnal myoclonus
10. Trigeminal neuralgia

Adults and elderly:

Initial dose: 1 mg daily in divided dose (Elderly 0.5 mg), not to exceed 1.5 mg/day.

Increment dose: 0.5 – 1 mg at intervals of 3 days.

Maintenance dose: 4 – 8 mg/day.

Maximum dose: 20 mg/day should be administered with caution.

Dosing interval: b.i.d. / t.i.d.

Infants and children:

Initial dose: 0.01 – 0.03 mg/kg/day not to exceed 0.05 mg/kg/day.

Increment dose: not more than 0.25 – 0.5 mg at intervals of 3 days.

Maintenance dose: 0.1 – 0.2 mg/kg/day.

Dosing interval: b.i.d. / t.i.d.

Up to 1 year: 0.25 mg daily in divided dose, increase gradually to 0.5 – 1 mg.

1 – 5 years: 0.25 mg daily in divided dose, increase to 1 – 3 mg.

5 – 12 years: 0.5 mg daily in divided dose, increase to 3 – 6 mg.

Initial dose should be low and increased gradually to a maintenance dose that controls seizure without toxic effects. During discontinuation, the dose should be tapered.