Antiseizure Flashcards
PHENYTOIN stands for?
P450 Hirsutism ENlarged gums Yellow skin Tocolytic Osteomalacia Interferes Vit B12 Neuropathy
Blocks Na channels
GTC Seizures
Tigeminal Neuragla
Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine SE
Diplopia
ataxia
Teratogenic
Increases GABA A Action
Febrile Seizure
Firs line for pregnancy
Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital SE
Decrease RR
CNS depression
Used for all types of seizures CI in pregnancy Inhibits Na Channels Increases GABA concentration Hepatotoxic Inhibits P450
Valproic Acid
Things that causes seizures
and drugs that inhibits them
Na channel opens
Increased glutamate
Too little GABA
Too much Ca
Phenytoin
Valproic acid
Cabamazepine
CP450 inducers
Carbamazepine
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
rifampin
CP450 Inhibitors
Amiodarone
Cimetidine
azole antifungals
ritonavir
Suicide inhibitors(irreversibly inhibit metabolizing enzyme
PTU Spinirolactone allopurinol fluroxene secobarbital
VALPROATE stands for?
Vomiting Alopecia Liver toxicity Pancytopenia Retention of fats Oedema Appetite increase Tremors Enzyme inducer
inhibits Ca+ influx
Causes SJS
Ehtosuxamide
Prevents CAD
Causes Wernickes korsakoff syndrome
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Ethanol
Fatal amount of Ethanol
400mg/L
Hobnail cells are found in?
End stage cirrhosis