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Anticonvulsants Flashcards

1
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What is epilepsy?

A

Chronic disorder characterized by recurrent seizures

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What is the cause of primary epilepsy?

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cause unknown

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What is the goal of management for epilepsy?

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Restoration of a normal pattern of activity

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What are the two broad categories of seizures?

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Partial

generalized

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What are partial seizures?

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Seizures that remain localized to one area of the brain, without LOC

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6
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Complex partial seizures usually start where in the brain? SSx?

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Temporal lobe

Lip smacking, fumbling, scratching (no memory of events)

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7
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What are generalized seizures?

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Abnormal electrical activity throughout the brain

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What are tonic-clonic seizures?

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LOC, with tonic spasms, followed by maximal tonic spasms

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What is the tonic phase of a seizures?

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Rigidity of all limbs, followed by a tremor that is actually an interruption of the tonis by relaxation

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What is the clonic phase of a seizure?

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Massive jerking of the body that slows over 0-120 seconds, usually leaving pt in a stuporous state

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What is the physiological basis for seizures?

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Abnormally excessive, synchronous, and rhythmic firing of hyperexcitable neurons

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12
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What are the four underlying causes of seizure development?

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  1. CNS injury
  2. Congenital abnormality (birth trauma)
  3. Genetic factors
  4. Infections
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13
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What is the major genetic factor associated with seizures?

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Defective genes coding for voltage gated ion channels, or GABA receptors

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What are the ssx of complex partial seizures?

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Impaired consciousness, dreamy disaffective state, and wwo automatisms

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What are the ssx of absence (petit mal) seizures?

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Impaired consciousness with staring spells, wwo eyeblink

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Who usually has absence seizures? Prognosis?

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Children, and is self-limiting

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17
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What are the characteristics of complex partial seizures?

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Automatisms with affected consciousness

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18
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What are the four stages of generalized seizures?

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  1. Aura
  2. Tonic phase
  3. Clonic phase
  4. Stuporous state and sleep
19
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What are tonic seizures?

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LOC with severe hypertonic spasms and autonomic effects

20
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What are atonic seizures?

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Sudden LOC with rhythmic clonic contractions, and autonomic effects

21
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What are infantile spasms?

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Recurrent myoclonic jerks of the body with sudden flexion or extension of the body and limbs

22
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What is status epilepticus?

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Continuous or very rapid recurring seizures, usually of the tonic-clonic type

23
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What are the three stages of seizures development?

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  1. Initiation
  2. Synchronization of surrounding
  3. Propagation
24
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What are the three main EPSPs in the CNS?

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Na influx
Ca current
Paroxysmal depolarization

25
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What are the four main IPSPs in the CNS?

A

K efflux
Cl influx
Pumps
Low pH

26
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What percent of patients do not respond to antiepileptics?

27
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What percent of pts can antiepileptics completely eliminate seizures?

28
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What is the surgery that can be used to treat epilepsy?

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Temporal lobe resection

29
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What is the major issue with seizures?

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Poorly controlled seizures are associated with a neuronal loss mediated by an excitotoxic process

30
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What is the role of the vagus nerve in treating seizures?

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Stimulation of it can reduce seizures

31
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What are the three major drugs used to treat partial seizures?

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Carbamazepine
Phenytoin
Valproate

32
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What are the three major drugs used to treat tonic/clonic seizures?

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Carbamazepine
Phenytoin
Valproate

33
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What are the two major drugs used to treat absence seizures?

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Ethosuximide

Valproate

34
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What are the two major drugs used to treat myoclonic seizures?

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Clonazepam

Valproate

35
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What are the four major drugs used to treat status epilepticus?

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Diazepam
Lorazepam
Phenytoin
Fosphenytoin

36
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What are the three main MOA of anticonvulsants?

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  1. Decrease glutamate activity
  2. Increase inhibitory GABA
  3. Alter movement of ions across membrane (Ca)
37
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What is the MOA of phenytoin?

A

Inactivation of VG Na channels

38
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What is the MOA of carbamazepine?

A

Inactivation of VG Na channels

39
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What is the MOA of lamotrigine?

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Inactivation of VG Na and Ca channels

40
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What is the MOA of ethosuximide?

A

Inactivation of VG Ca channels

41
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What is the MOA of gabapentin?

A

Inactivation of VG Ca channels

42
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What is the MOA of retigabine?

A

increase of K channel opening

43
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What is the MOA of levetiracetam?

A

SV2A synaptic vesicle proteins

44
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What is the MA of lacosamide?

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