Psych: Seizure and AntiSeizure Drugs

Question 1

What drugs are used for
Complex Partial Seizures?

Answer 1

1st Order:

• Phenytoin
• Carbamazepine
• Lamotrigone

2nd Order:

• Valproic acid
• Phenobarbital

Question 2

What are the side effects of
Phenytoin?

Answer 2

• Nystagmus
• Diplopia
• Blurred Vision
• Ataxia
• Drowsiness
• Leucopenia
• Mental Confusion
• Water retention
• Teratogenicity
• Used for Complex-Partial and Tonic-Clonic

Question 3

What are the side effects of
Carbamazepine?
Oxcarbazepine?

Answer 3

• Diplopia
• Burred vison
• Ataxia
• Hyponatremia
• Teratogenicity (Carbamazepine)
• Water Retention
• Osteoparosis (Carbamazepine)
• Steven’s Johnson Syndrome

Question 4

What side effects does
Phenytoin not cause?

Answer 4

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Question 5

What side effecst does
Carbamazepine not cause?

Answer 5

*

Question 6

What are the side effects does
Lamotrigine?

Answer 6

• Steven’s Jonhson syndrom *
• Drowsinees
• Dizziness
• Ataxia
• Blurred or Double vision
• Hypersensitivity
• Intravascular coagulation