Seizures : Drugs

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Carbamazepine is in a group of drugs called anticonvulsants. It works by decreasing nerve impulses that cause seizures and pain.
Source:MULTUM
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Anticonvulsant, specific analgesic for trigeminal neuralgia; structually related to tricylic antidepressants.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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 .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Benzodiazepine; anticonvulsant, sedative, and anxiolytic.
Source:AHFS
Valproic acid affects chemicals in the body that may be involved in causing seizures.
Source:MULTUM
Phenytoin is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
Source:MULTUM
Ethosuximide is a drug used to control seizures. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
Source:MULTUM
Succinimide-derivative anticonvulsant; structurally related to other succinimide anticonvulsants (e.g., methsuximide, phensuximide [no longer commercially available in the US]).
Source:AHFS
Felbamate is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
Source:MULTUM
Anticonvulsant; a dicarbamate derivative.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Fosphenytoin is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
Source:MULTUM
Hydantoin-derivative anticonvulsant; prodrug of phenytoin.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:MULTUM
Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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.
Source:MULTUM
Lamotrigine is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
Source:MULTUM
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 .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Phenyltriazine anticonvulsant; structurally unrelated to other currently available anticonvulsants.
Source:AHFS
Levetiracetam is an anti-epileptic drug.
Source:MULTUM
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Anticonvulsant; a pyrrolidine derivative.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:MULTUM
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Lorazepam is a tranquilizing drug used in managing anxiety, nausea and vomiting , insomnia, and seizures. Purpose Lorazepam decreases anxiety.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Benzodiazepine; anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:MULTUM
Phenobarbital is in a group of drugs called barbiturates (bar-BIT-chur-ates). Phenobarbital slows the activity of your brain and nervous system.
Source:MULTUM
Benzodiazepine; sedative, anxiolytic, amnesic, and hypnotic.
Source:AHFS
Primidone is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant.
Source:MULTUM
Oxcarbazepine is in a group of drugs called anticonvulsants, or antiepileptic drugs. It works by decreasing nerve impulses that cause seizures.
Source:MULTUM
Anticonvulsant agent; structurally related to carbamazepine.
Source:AHFS
Phenobarbital overdose is poisoning from an overdose of phenobarbital.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 18, 2007
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).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Barbiturate; anxiolytic, sedative, hypnotic, and anticonvulsant.
Source:AHFS
Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant, a drug that acts to prevent seizures. In the United States, phenytoin is sold under the brand name Dilantin.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Phenytoin is a hydantoin-derivative anticonvulsant.
Source:AHFS
Anticonvulsant; a structural analog of phenobarbital; related to barbiturate-derivative anticonvulsants.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Tiagabine is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. It affects chemical impulses in the brain that cause seizures.
Source:MULTUM
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Anticonvulsant; a nipecotic acid derivative.
Source:AHFS
Topiramate is a seizure medication, also called an anticonvulsant.
Source:MULTUM
Topiramate 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) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (a disorder which causes seizures and developmental delays). In psychiatry, topiramate may also be used in the treatment of bipolar affective disorders .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Anticonvulsant and antimigraine agent; sulfamate-substituted derivative of D- fructose; differs structurally from other currently available anticonvulsant agents.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Valproic acid (the active moiety), valproate sodium, and divalproex sodium are carboxylic acid-derivative anticonvulsants; also antimanic, other psychotherapeutic, and antimigraine agents.
Source:AHFS
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Zonisamide is a sulfa drug with anti-convulsant effects.
Source:MULTUM
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Anticonvulsant; a sulfonamide.
Source:AHFS
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