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Antiseizure Drugs
Selected antiseizure drugs with indications
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |