Unit 2 - Antiseizure Drugs

Question 1

Phenytoin
Carbamazepine
Valproate
Barbiturates
Newer drugs

Answer 1

For partial and generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Question 2

Phenytoin

Answer 2

-alters Na+, K+, Ca2+ conductance
-alters membrane potentials
-alters concentrations of amino acids, norepinephrine, ACh and r-aminobutyric acid.
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Block sustained high-frequency repetitive firing of action potential.s
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