User:RelentlessRecusant/Oxcarbazepine

Oxcarbazepine (OCZ), IUPAC name 10-oxo-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide, is a small-molecule chemical modulator of central nervous sodium (Na+) channels, likely Nav1.1 (SCN1A) and Nav1.2 (SCN2A) and is an inhibitor of the fast Na+ conductance current (INaF). It is an oxidated heterocyclic derivative of carbamazepine, a carbamoyl derivative of iminodibenzyls.

It is marketed primarily as an anti-epileptic drug (AED) because of its neuromodulatory effects on the central fast Na+ current, although oxcarbazepine has a broad activity against other non-epileptic central neurological pathologies, including neuropathic pain, trigeminal neuralgia, maniac effective bipolar disorder, and alcohol withdrawal.