 Oxcarbazepine OXC is a new anticonvulsant drug that acts as a pro-drug for the 10-monohydroxy metabolite MHD, an active metabolite also of carbamazepine that is suggested to be responsible for most of its therapeutic actions. Therefore, the pharmacological action of OXC is very well comparable to carbamazepine whilst there are fewer unwanted side effects of OXC regarding eg. skin rush, and effects on blood compounds or cardiotropic effects. 