XXIV - Anti-Seizure Drugs

Question 1

CYP450 inducer, SE: gingival hyperplasia, hirsutism, fetal hydantoin syndrome

Answer 1

Phenytoin

Question 2

CYP450 inducer, DOC for partial seizures and trigeminal neuralgia, SE: blood dyscrasia

Answer 2

Carbamazepine

Question 3

CYP450 inhibitor, DOC for GTC and myoclonic seizures, bipolar disorder, migraine, SE: teratogen (spina bifida)

Answer 3

Valproic Acid

Question 4

CYP450 inducer, DOC for seizures in children and pregnant women, SE: porphyria

Answer 4

Phenobarbital

Question 5

DOC for absence seizures

Answer 5

Ethosuximide

Question 6

DOC for status epilepticus

Answer 6

Diazepam

Question 7

Treatment for neuropathic pain, focal seizures

Answer 7

Gabapentin

Question 8

Partial seizures, SE: Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Answer 8

Lamotrigine

Question 9

Drugs for generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Answer 9

Valproic Acid, Phenytoin, Carbamazepine

Question 10

Drugs for partial seizures

Answer 10

Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine, Phenytoin

Question 11

Drugs for absence seizures

Answer 11

Ethosuximide, Valproic Acid

Question 12

Drug for myoclonic and atypical absence syndromes

Answer 12

Valproic Acid

Question 13

Drugs for status epilepticus

Answer 13

Lorazepam, Diazepam, Phenytoin, Phenobarbital