TOPAMAX Film-coated tablet Ref.[7364] Active ingredients: Topiramate

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: Janssen-Cilag Limited, 50-100 Holmers Farm Way, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4EG, UK

Product name and form

Topamax 100 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet.

Yellow round tablets, 9 mm in diameter, “TOP” on one side, “100” on the other side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

One tablet contains 100 mg of topiramate.

Excipients with known effect: also includes lactose monohydrate.

One 100 mg tablet contains 123.40 mg lactose monohydrate.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Topiramate

Topiramate is classified as a sulfamate-substituted monosaccharide. The precise mechanism by which topiramate exerts its antiseizure and migraine prophylaxis effects are unknown.

List of Excipients

Core tablet:

Lactose monohydrate
Pregelatinized maize starch
Microcrystalline cellulose
Sodium starch glycolate (Type A)
Magnesium stearate

Film-coating:

OPADRY yellow1
Carnauba wax

1 OPADRY contains:

Hypromellose
Macrogol
Polysorbate 80
And as colourants, titanium dioxide E171 and iron oxide yellow E172

Pack sizes and marketing

Opaque plastic bottle with tamper-evident closure containing 20, 28, 30, 50, 56, 60 or 100 tablets: bundle pack comprising 200 (2 × 100) tablets. In each bottle, there is a desiccant canister which should not be swallowed.

Blister pack of an aluminium/aluminium foil in strips. Pack sizes of 10, 20, 28, 30, 50, 56, 60 or 100 tablets: bundle pack comprising 200 (2 × 100) tablets. Individual (alu/alu) blister strips are packed inside a folding box.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Janssen-Cilag Limited, 50-100 Holmers Farm Way, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4EG, UK

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PL 00242/0303

Date of first authorisation: 18 July 1995

Date of last renewal: 30 June 2010

Drugs

Drug Countries
TOPAMAX Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

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