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Intractable seizures are seizures that cannot be controlled with medication or without sedation or other unacceptable side effects. Surgery may be used to eliminate or control intractable seizures.
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Carbamazepine is in a group of drugs called anticonvulsants. It works by decreasing
nerve impulses that cause seizures and pain.
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Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol) may be administered to cancer patients as a pain medicine. Purpose Carbamazepine is given to cancer patients primarily as a pain medication.
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Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant that is structurally related to tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and imipramine . In the United States, carbamazepine is sold under the trade names Tegretol and Carbatrol.
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Carbamazepine is an antiepileptic drug used to reduce or suppress seizures . The medication is also commonly prescribed to relieve certain neurogenic pain such as trigeminal neuralgia .
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Clonazepam is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. Clonazepam affects chemicals in your
brain that may become unbalanced and cause seizures or symptoms of panic disorder.
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Clonazepam belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines are medications that help relieve nervousness, tension, symptoms of anxiety, and some types of seizures by slowing the central nervous system.
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Diazepam is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens).
Diazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
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Diazepam rectal is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines
(ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens). Diazepam rectal affects chemicals in the brain that may become
unbalanced and cause seizure.
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Diazepam is a mild tranquilizer in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. It is most commonly sold in the United States under the brand name Valium.
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Diazepam is an antianxiety medication that is also useful in the treatment of muscle spasms and some types of seizures . The drug belongs to the class of medications known as benzodiazepines that depress activity of the central nervous system .
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Divalproex sodium affects chemicals in the body that may be involved in causing
seizures.
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Divalproex sodium is an anticonvulsant (antiseizure) drug. It is also used to treat mania and to help prevent migraine headaches.
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Ethosuximide is a drug used to control seizures. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain
that cause seizures.
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Felbamate is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
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Felbamate is an anticonvulsant indicated for the control of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy , a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain. Purpose Felbamate is thought to decrease abnormal activity and excitement within the central nervous system (CNS) that may trigger seizures.
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Gabapentin is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. It affects
chemicals and nerves in the body that are involved in the cause of seizures and some types of
pain.
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Gabapentin is indicated to be used in combination with other anti-seizure (anticonvulsant) drugs for the management of partial seizure types. Gabapentin should not be used alone for the treatment of seizures unless the patient cannot tolerate other anticonvulsant drugs.
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Gabapentin is a prescription drug that was initially approved to help manage epilepsy . The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also approved gabapentin for treatment of the nerve pain that sometimes accompanies herpes infections.
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Lamotrigine is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
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Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant medication used in the treatment of epilepsy . Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain, causing seizures .
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Lamotrigine Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant drug commonly used to prevent seizures . It is also used as a mood stabilizer in some people with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder.
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Levetiracetam is an anti-epileptic drug.
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Levetiracetam is an anti-epileptic drug (AED). It is often used in combination with other medications in the treatment of epilepsy , a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain.
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Lorazepam is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens).
Lorazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
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Lorazepam is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens).
Lorazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
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Lorazepam, a mild tranquilizer in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines is a sold in the United States under brand names Alzapam, Ativan, or Loraz. It is also available generically.
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Lorazepam is a tranquilizing drug used in managing anxiety, nausea and vomiting , insomnia, and seizures. Purpose Lorazepam decreases anxiety.
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Oxcarbazepine is in a group of drugs called anticonvulsants, or antiepileptic drugs. It
works by decreasing nerve impulses that cause seizures.
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Phenobarbital is in a group of drugs called barbiturates (bar-BIT-chur-ates). Phenobarbital
slows the activity of your brain and nervous system.
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Phenobarbital overdose is poisoning from an overdose of phenobarbital.
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Phenobarbital is a barbiturate, a drug that has sedative and hypnotic effects. The drug is classed as a central nervous system agent and subclassed as an anticonvulsant (antiseizure).
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Phenytoin is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing
down impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
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Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant, a drug that acts to prevent seizures. In the United States, phenytoin is sold under the brand name Dilantin.
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Primidone is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant.
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Primidone belongs to the class of medications known as anticonvulsants . It is indicated for the control of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
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Tiagabine is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. It affects
chemical impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
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Tiagabine is an anticonvulsant medication indicated for the control of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy . Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain, causing seizures.
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Valproic acid affects chemicals in the body that may be involved in causing seizures.
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Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant (anti-seizure) drug. In the United States, valproic acid is also known as valproate, and is sold under the brand name Depakene.
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Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant used to control seizures in the treatment of epilepsy , a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain. Valproic acid is closely related to divalproex sodium and valproate sodium.
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Zonisamide is a sulfa drug with anti-convulsant effects.
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Zonisamide is an anti-convulsant used to control seizures in the treatment of epilepsy , a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain. Purpose Zonisamide decreases abnormal activity and excitement within the brain that may trigger seizures.
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