Effects Of Medication Flashcards

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What is an antiepiletic

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

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Dilantin

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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

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Phenobarbital

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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)
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Tegretol

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Generic name: carbamazepine

Treats partial and generalized tonic clonic seizures

Effects on EEG:
None or mild alpha slowing
Increased beta

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5
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Trileptal

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Generic name: oxcarbazepine

Treats partial seizures

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

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Neurontin

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Generic name: gabopentin

Treats partial and secondary generalized

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

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Lyrica

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Generic name: pregabalin

Treats partial seizures

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Zarontin

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Generic name: ethosuximide

Treats absence seizures

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Vimpat

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Generic name: lacosamide

Treats partial and secondary generalized

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Sabril

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Generic name: vigabatrin

Treats

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Lamictal

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Generic name: Lamotrigine

used as an adjustment for partial

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

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Topomax

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Generic name: Topiramate

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13
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Keppra

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Generic name: Levetiracetam

Treats partial seizures and generalized tonic clonic seizures

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Klonopin

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Generic Name: Clonazepam

Treats absence, myoclonic, atonic and lennox gastaut syndrome.

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

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Banzel

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Generic Name: rufinamide

Treats lennox gastaut associated seizure, absence, myoclonic and atonic

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Ativan

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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

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Felbatol

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Generic Name: Felbamate

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

Effects on EEG:
none

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Mysoline

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Generic Name: Primidone

treats focal, generalized tonic clonic and myoclonic seizures

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

Toxic dosage- delta

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Valium

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Generic name: Diazepam

Treats short term treatment of all seizures, status epilepticus,

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

20
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Gabitril

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Generic Name: Tiagabinne

Treats partial and some generalized

Effects on EEG: none

21
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Haldol

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Antipsychotic

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

Effects on EEG;
Paradoxical effects, slow and fast activity

22
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Librium

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Generic name: Chlordiazepoxide HCL

Tranquilizer

Effects on EEG:
Anterior dominant diffuse fast

23
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Demerol

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Analgesic (pain relief)

Effects on EEG:
slowing of alpha
Generalized slowing

24
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Morphine

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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

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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
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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
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Amytal
Generic name: Sodium amytal Wada testing Effects on EEG: Enhanced beta
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Chloral hydrate
Effects on EEG: little to no effect, increased anterior dominant beta