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Antiseizure Drugs
Selected antiseizure drugs with indications
Term | Definition |
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diazepam (Valium) | potentiates GABA; treats absence, tonic-clonic, and myoclonic seizures |
gabapentin (Neurontin) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures (simple partial, complex partial (psychomotor)) |
lorazepam (Ativan) | potentiates GABA; used for tonic-clonic seizures |
phenobarbital (Luminal) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures |
pregabalin (Lyrica) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures |
primidone (Mysoline) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures |
tiagabine (Gabitril) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures |
topiramate (Topamax) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures, tonic-clonic and myoclonic seizures |
vigabatrin (Sabril) | potentiates GABA; used to treat partial seizures |
carbamazepine (Tegretol) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures |
lamotrigine (Lamictal) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial seizures, absence seizures, tonic-clonic and myoclonic seizures |
levetiracetam (Keppra) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial seizures |
oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures |
phenytoin (Dilantin) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial seizures and tonic clonic seizures |
valproic acid (Depakene) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial, absence, tonic-clonic, and myoclonic seizures |
zonisamide (Zonegran) | hydantoin or related; used to treat partial, absence, tonic-clonic, and myoclonic seizures |
ethosuximide (Zarontin) | succinimides; used to treat absence seizures |