CNS DRUGS - ANTISEIZURES Flashcards
DOC for absence seizure
Ethosuximide
Valproate
DOC for generalized tonic-clonic and partial seizures
PHENYTOIN
CARBAMAZEPINE
LAMOTRIGINE
VALPROATE
Drug that causes fetal hydantoin syndrome
Phenytoin
drugs that prolong the inactivation of the Na
channels, reducing the ability of the neurons to fire at high frequencies.
carbamazepine
phenytoin
topiramate
valproate
lacosamide
lamotrigine
zonisamide
DOC for trigeminal neuralgia AKA Tic Douloureux
carbamazepine
DOC for bipolar disorder (acute mania)
VALPROIC ACID
MOA is reduction of Calcium current
Ethosuximide
Gabapentin
Pregabalin
DOC for Neuropathic pain (postherpetic neuralgia)
GABAPENTIN [C]
PREGABALIN [C]
DOC for status epilepticus
Diazepam
Lorazepam
Phenytoin
Phenobarbital