| Phenytoin was introduced in 1938 and is still the most widely used anticonvulsant drug, probably because of its nonsedative properties. |
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| If a seizure were building, the external chip would signal the implanted chip to administer anticonvulsant medication or an electrical shock. |
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| In contrast, only 5 of the children with seizure disorders in the control group regularly took anticonvulsant medication. |
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| As of now, however, the possible anticonvulsant effects of androsterone have not been well characterized. |
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| Ginseng had no anticonvulsant action, nor did it potentiate the anticonvulsant effects of phenobarbitone and diazepam. |
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| Painful dysesthesia may be managed by tricyclic antidepressant and anticonvulsant medications. |
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| Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant drug used to treat various seizures and tobramycin is an antibiotic used to control many bacterial infections. |
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| Its safety and efficacy as an anticonvulsant drug given intramuscularly have been shown in several studies in animals and humans. |
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| The anticonvulsant drugs phenytoin and valproic acid appear to interfere with folate absorption. |
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| Women on anticonvulsant medication should be switched to the least teratogenic drug, and the smallest clinically effective dose. |
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| Patients should be warned of possible side effects of this anticonvulsant medication. |
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| Phenobarbital is an anticonvulsant drug that has been used since 1912 and it is still one of the better drugs for this purpose. |
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| For decades children were given long term anticonvulsant drugs to prevent the recurrence of febrile seizures. |
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| Side-effects of anticonvulsant drugs are usually not serious and are reversible once the dose is reduced or the drug is discontinued. |
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| It became apparent that this must have been due to ingestion of the family dog's anticonvulsant drug. |
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| Mega-doses of folic acid can produce convulsions, interfere with the anticonvulsant medication used by epileptics, and disrupt zinc absorption. |
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| If an anticonvulsant drug is used, the typical duration of therapy is one year, which represents the period with the highest risk of recurrence. |
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| The patient tolerated the procedure well and was treated postoperatively with antibiotics, steroids, and anticonvulsant medication. |
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| When used frequently or in large amounts, alcohol may interfere with the anticonvulsant medication and may lower seizure threshold. |
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| Her eyesight was impaired by glaucoma and she was on anticonvulsant drugs. |
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| Patients with non-epileptic seizures are often prescribed anticonvulsant drugs because of misdiagnosis of epilepsy, and many have been taking these drugs for some time. |
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| If the child has fits, they may be prescribed anticonvulsant drugs. |
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| Benzodiazepines as a class possess anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and hypnotic properties. |
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| They represent a broad class of central nervous system depressants which have anxiolytic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant and muscle relaxant effects. |
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| There were no signs of anticholinergic, anticonvulsant, antitussive, anti-inflammatory, or broncholytic activity. |
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| Mysoline is barbiturate which is used as anticonvulsant to treat epilepsy, grand mal, psychomotor, and focal epileptic seizures. |
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| Early studies showed enormous success in the treatment of epilepsy – but then in 1938, phenytoin, an anticonvulsant drug, was discovered. |
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| Alcohol is not an anticonvulsant drug, and it may even lower the seizure threshold. |
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| Rarely, depression may be a side effect of anticonvulsant medication or from combinations. |
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| In laboratory animals, it has shown anti-anxiety, sedative, muscle relaxant and anticonvulsant properties. |
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| To avoid phenytoin intoxication, appropriate adjustment of the anticonvulsant dose should be made. |
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| Carbamazepine, a medicine first used for epilepsy as an anticonvulsant, is used occasionally. |
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| After a few medication attempts, the doctors landed on a very low dose of the anticonvulsant lamotrigine. |
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| Patients with refractory headaches often require therapy with several agents such as a tricyclic antidepressant plus an anticonvulsant and a beta blocker. |
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| If focal tremors, myoclonus, or seizures occur, patients should be evaluated neurologically and placed on anticonvulsant therapy if not already instituted. |
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| Nitrogen mustards have not been produced in substantial quantities, and they have some medicinal use as anticonvulsant agents. |
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| The findings suggest that embelin possess anticonvulsant activity against both grand mal and petit mal epilepsy. |
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| Apart from their anxiolytic effect, depending on the molecule benzodiazepine compounds may have the following pharmacological properties in varying degrees: anxiolytic, sedative, muscle relaxant and anticonvulsant. |
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| Rufinamide exhibits its anticonvulsant effects through limiting neuronal sodium-dependent action potential firing. |
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| Among persons with recessive dystrophic EB, the anticonvulsant phenytoin is sometimes effective because it decreases production of an enzyme that breaks down collagen. |
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| The anticonvulsant activity of American skullcap was determined in rat models of acute seizures induced by pilocarpine and pentylenetetrazol. |
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| For instance, repeated seizures may lead to neurological deterioration and certain patients may have intolerable side effects to anticonvulsant medications. |
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| Take your anticonvulsant medications as directed. |
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| Generic Mysoline is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. |
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| The precise mechanism of action of topiramate as an anticonvulsant is not known. |
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| Levetiracetam is an anticonvulsant that has been related to a number of adverse psychiatric effects. |
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| Anesthetic, hypothermic, myorelaxant and anticonvulsant effects of synthetic eugenol derivatives and natural analogues. |
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| They have a rapid onset of action and a short half-life and, unlike BZPs, have weak myorelaxant and anticonvulsant effects. |
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| The deficiency may also be brought on by poor absorption of folic acid in the intestine due to celiac disease or anticonvulsant drug therapy or by faulty metabolism of the vitamin in the liver due to cirrhosis. |
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| The aims of this study were to characterize the chemical ingredients of American skullcap and to evaluate its anticonvulsant activity. |
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| The anticonvulsant effects of KD develop slowly with chronic ingestion but the molecular mechanisms that underlie its actions remain unidentified. |
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| Left hemicorporeal seizures persisted despite anticonvulsant treatment. |
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| Anticonvulsant drugs may also be prescribed to protect against convulsions due to eclampsia. |
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| Anticonvulsant medications, including phenobarbital, valproic acid, phenytoin, and carbamazepine, have a significant lowering effect on carnitine levels. |
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| Anticonvulsant and neuropharmacological studies of Anacyclus pyrethrum root extract. |
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| Anticonvulsant activity of root and stem extracts of Calliandra portoricensis. |
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