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
Ativan
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
Felbatol
Generic Name: Felbamate
Treats seizures when all other medication fail, partial, some generalized, Lennox gastaut associated sz
Effects on EEG:
none
Mysoline
Generic Name: Primidone
treats focal, generalized tonic clonic and myoclonic seizures
Effects on EEG:
Increased fast activity, frontally predominant, decreased alpha
Toxic dosage- delta
Valium
Generic name: Diazepam
Treats short term treatment of all seizures, status epilepticus,
Effects on EEG:
Frontally predominant fast activity but can be more diffuse
Gabitril
Generic Name: Tiagabinne
Treats partial and some generalized
Effects on EEG: none
Haldol
Antipsychotic
- Schizoprenia
- Torettes Syndrome
- Tremors
- Huntington’s chorea
Effects on EEG;
Paradoxical effects, slow and fast activity
Librium
Generic name: Chlordiazepoxide HCL
Tranquilizer
Effects on EEG:
Anterior dominant diffuse fast
Demerol
Analgesic (pain relief)
Effects on EEG:
slowing of alpha
Generalized slowing
Morphine
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
Codine
Generic name- acetaminophen
Analgesic (pain and cough relief)
Effects on EEG:
decrease in frequency and amount of alpha,
chronic dosage-
Alpha returns to normal
ACTH
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
Amytal
Generic name: Sodium amytal
Wada testing
Effects on EEG:
Enhanced beta
Chloral hydrate
Effects on EEG:
little to no effect, increased anterior dominant beta
