Phenyl carbamate compounds for use in preventing or treating pediatric epilepsy and epilepsy-related syndromes

A method of treating pediatric epilepsy or pediatric epilepsy-related syndrome in a pediatric subject, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of chemical formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a pediatric subject in need of treatment:

• (chemical formula 1),
• wherein,
• X is a halogen,
• n is an integer from 1 to 5,
• R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group of C1-C4,
• A is a carbamoyl group represented by
• and
• R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group of C1-C4, a cycloalkyl group of C3-C8, and benzyl group, and
• with the proviso that:
• R1 is methyl, propyl or butyl when at least one X is 2-chloro.