Effects Of Medication Flashcards
What is an antiepiletic
Used to control or prevent seizures. The specific drug therapy is based on the type and frequency of the seizures
Dilantin
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
Phenobarbital
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)
Tegretol
Generic name: carbamazepine
Treats partial and generalized tonic clonic seizures
Effects on EEG:
None or mild alpha slowing
Increased beta
Trileptal
Generic name: oxcarbazepine
Treats partial seizures
Effects on EEG:
Slowing of peak frequency
Increased theta & delta
Neurontin
Generic name: gabopentin
Treats partial and secondary generalized
Effects on EEG:
Minimally increase delta & theta. Decreased alpha
Lyrica
Generic name: pregabalin
Treats partial seizures
Zarontin
Generic name: ethosuximide
Treats absence seizures
Vimpat
Generic name: lacosamide
Treats partial and secondary generalized
Sabril
Generic name: vigabatrin
Treats
Lamictal
Generic name: Lamotrigine
used as an adjustment for partial
Effects on EEG:
none, Increases interictal spikes in photoparoxysmal responses
Topomax
Generic name: Topiramate
Keppra
Generic name: Levetiracetam
Treats partial seizures and generalized tonic clonic seizures
Klonopin
Generic Name: Clonazepam
Treats absence, myoclonic, atonic and lennox gastaut syndrome.
Effects on EEG:
loss of background
decreased voltage
frontal beta , some theta
Banzel
Generic Name: rufinamide
Treats lennox gastaut associated seizure, absence, myoclonic and atonic