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Anticonvulsants

Drugs used to control seizures, such as in epilepsy.
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Anticonvulsant effect of felbamate in the pentylenetetrazole kindling model of epilepsy in the rat.
Gram, "Newer anticonvulsants: comparative review of drug interactions and adverse effects," Drugs, vol.
* DEFENDANTS' defense The mother received at least two warnings from her physician regarding the potential risks of anticonvulsant and antiepileptic drugs and the importance of not becoming pregnant while taking the medications.
Different classes of medications--antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and lithium--used for treating bipolar disorder have been shown to increase risk of bone fracture through a variety of mechanisms.
In addition, use of anticonvulsants can mask elevated cortisol levels.
Lakhan, Synthesis, 13C NMR and anticonvulsant activity of new isatin-based spiroazetidinones, Ind.
However, stringent regulations and side-effects of anticonvulsants hamper the growth of global bipolar disorder market.
An antihypertensive drug, nicardipine, was started to control the blood pressure, and an anticonvulsant, fosphenytoin, was administered to control seizures.
It was determined that overdosed anticonvulsants were their own medication in 68.8% (n=53) of the patients while 22.1% (n=17) of the patients did not ingest their own medications and 9.1% (n=7) of the patients did not know if it was their medications or not.
Relapse is common given the high cross-reactivity among anticonvulsants.
The commonest offending drug group was NSAIDS, in which paracetamol and diclofenac were the commonest individual drugs imputed followed by anticonvulsants and antibiotics.
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