Effects Of Medication

Question 1

What is an antiepiletic

Answer 1

Used to control or prevent seizures. The specific drug therapy is based on the type and frequency of the seizures

Question 2

Dilantin

Answer 2

Generic name: phenytoin

Used for simple, complex and partial seizures, generalized tonic clonic. Iv administration to stop seizure in progress

Effects on EEG:
Mild slowing

Toxic levels: generalized delta

Question 3

Phenobarbital

Answer 3

Generic name: Barbita, luminal, solfolon

Treats most seizure types including febrile. It is not to be used for absence. It is used for status epilepticus and used for partial complex when others fail.

Effects on EEG: 
Generalized anterior dominant fast 15-35 hz 
Posterior fast (children)

Question 4

Tegretol

Answer 4

Generic name: carbamazepine

Treats partial and generalized tonic clonic seizures

Effects on EEG:
None or mild alpha slowing
Increased beta

Question 5

Trileptal

Answer 5

Generic name: oxcarbazepine

Treats partial seizures

Effects on EEG:
Slowing of peak frequency
Increased theta & delta

Question 6

Neurontin

Answer 6

Generic name: gabopentin

Treats partial and secondary generalized

Effects on EEG:
Minimally increase delta & theta. Decreased alpha

Question 7

Lyrica

Answer 7

Generic name: pregabalin

Treats partial seizures

Question 8

Zarontin

Answer 8

Generic name: ethosuximide

Treats absence seizures

Question 9

Vimpat

Answer 9

Generic name: lacosamide

Treats partial and secondary generalized

Question 10

Sabril

Answer 10

Generic name: vigabatrin

Treats

Question 11

Lamictal

Answer 11

Generic name: Lamotrigine

used as an adjustment for partial

Effects on EEG:
none, Increases interictal spikes in photoparoxysmal responses

Question 12

Topomax

Answer 12

Generic name: Topiramate

Question 13

Keppra

Answer 13

Generic name: Levetiracetam

Treats partial seizures and generalized tonic clonic seizures

Question 14

Klonopin

Answer 14

Generic Name: Clonazepam

Treats absence, myoclonic, atonic and lennox gastaut syndrome.

Effects on EEG:
loss of background
decreased voltage
frontal beta , some theta

Question 15

Banzel

Answer 15

Generic Name: rufinamide

Treats lennox gastaut associated seizure, absence, myoclonic and atonic

Question 16

Ativan

Answer 16

Short term treatment of all seizures, status epilepticus, and generalized tonic clonic seizures.

Effects on EEG:
loss of background, decreased voltage, frontal beta, some theta

Question 17

Felbatol

Answer 17

Generic Name: Felbamate

Treats seizures when all other medication fail, partial, some generalized, Lennox gastaut associated sz

Effects on EEG:
none

Question 18

Mysoline

Answer 18

Generic Name: Primidone

treats focal, generalized tonic clonic and myoclonic seizures

Effects on EEG:
Increased fast activity, frontally predominant, decreased alpha

Toxic dosage- delta

Question 19

Valium

Answer 19

Generic name: Diazepam

Treats short term treatment of all seizures, status epilepticus,

Effects on EEG:
Frontally predominant fast activity but can be more diffuse

Question 20

Gabitril

Answer 20

Generic Name: Tiagabinne

Treats partial and some generalized

Effects on EEG: none

Question 21

Haldol

Answer 21

Antipsychotic

• Schizoprenia
• Torettes Syndrome
• Tremors
• Huntington’s chorea

Effects on EEG;
Paradoxical effects, slow and fast activity

Question 22

Librium

Answer 22

Generic name: Chlordiazepoxide HCL

Tranquilizer

Effects on EEG:
Anterior dominant diffuse fast

Question 23

Demerol

Answer 23

Analgesic (pain relief)

Effects on EEG:
slowing of alpha
Generalized slowing

Question 24

Morphine

Answer 24

Analgesic ( severe pain relief)

Effects on EEG;
Acute dosage, decrease in frequency ad amount of alpha, chronic dosage, alpha returns to normal and increase in amount

toxic dosage- diffuse slowing

Question 25

Codine

Answer 25

Generic name- acetaminophen

Analgesic (pain and cough relief)

Effects on EEG:
decrease in frequency and amount of alpha,

chronic dosage-
Alpha returns to normal

Question 26

ACTH

Answer 26

Generic name: Adrenocorticotrophic hormone

Treatment for all cerebral edema with brain tumors.

seizures that it is used for is infantile spasms

Effects on EEG:
no appreciable effect

Question 27

Amytal

Answer 27

Generic name: Sodium amytal

Wada testing

Effects on EEG:
Enhanced beta

Question 28

Chloral hydrate

Answer 28

Effects on EEG:

little to no effect, increased anterior dominant beta