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csn disorders c-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TONIC | PATIENTS BODY BECOMES RIGID AND MAY FALL DOWN |
| CLONIC | MUSCLE JERKS, SHALLOW BREATHING, SALVATION, AND LOSS OF BLADDER CONTROL |
| ABSENCE SEIZURE | HAPPENS TO BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN |
| STATUS EPILEPTICUS | CAN LAST 30 MINUTES WITH OR WITHOUT RETURN TO CONSCIOUSNESS--LACK OF OXYGEN WHICH MAY LEAD TO BRAIN DAMAGE OR DEATH |
| DRUG OF CHOICE FOR STATUS EPILEPTICUS | VALIUM (SCHEDULE IV)ALSO USE DILANTIN(PHENYTOIN)IV OR BARBITURATES |
| ANTIEPILEPTIC MEDICATIONS COMMON SIDE EFFECTS | SEDATION, LOSS OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES(MENTAL PRECEPTION, MEMORY, JUDGEMENT). KNOWN FOR DRUG INTERACTIONS. |
| IMPROTANT FOR PATIENT COMPLIANCE | KEEP THEREAPEUTIC LEVEL IN THE CIRCULATION |
| ZARONTIN (ETHOSUXIMIDE) | MOST COMMON FOR ABSENCE SEIZURE--TAKE W/FOOD, N/V, MAY CAUSE DIZZY, DROWSINESS, CBC Q 4 MO. |
| DEPAKOTE (DIVALPROEX) DEPAKENE (VALPROIC ACID) | NO CARBONATED BAVERAGES OR ASPIRIN, DO NOT CHEW OR CRUSH, ALSO USED TO TREAT BIPOLAR--REPRORT SEVERE BLEEDING, BRUISING, FEVER OR FATIQUE.--CAN'T SWALLOW PILLS COME IN SPRINKLES |
| KLONOPIN (CLONAZEPAM) | A SCHEDULE IV BENZODIAZEPINE USED FOR PROPHYLAXIS OF SEIZURES. NO ALCOHOL,AVOID ABRUPT WITHDRAWAL, MAY RESULT IN PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE |
| DILANTIN [PHENYTOIN] | WAS MOST COMMONLY USED IN MOST SEIZURES EXCEPT ABSENCE, CAN BE USED FOR ARRHYTHMIA, |
| DILANTIN [PHENYTOIN] WARNINGS | CHECK LIVER, AND RUN BLOOD TEST, DISCONTINUE IF RASH APPEARS(SJS) MANY DRUG INTERACTION, DO NOT TAKE W/ANTACIDS--INFUSE SLOWLY AND SHAKE SUSPENSION WELL |
| LUMINAL [PHENOBARBITAL] KNOW GENERIC | MOST COMMONLY USED BARBITURATE FOR TONIC-CLONIC AND PARTIAL SEIZURES, SCHEDULE IV, |
| LUMINAL [PHENOBARBITAL] WARNING | NO ALCOLOL,AVOID ABRUPT WITHDRAWAL, MA CAUSE DROWSINESS, MANY DRUG INTERACTIONS, NOTIFY DOC FOR RASH EXCESSIVE DROWINESS, ATAXIA, SLURRED SPEECH, DYSPHAGIA |
| TEGRETOL, EPITOL [CARBAMAZEPINE] | USED PROPHYLAXIS OF TONIC-CLONIC, PARTIAL & GENERALIZED SEIZURES & BIPOLAR DISORDERS |
| TEGRETOL, EPITOL [CARBAMAZEPINE]WARNING | MANY DRUG INTERACTIONS, BLOOD MONITORING , CHECK LIVER, TAKE W/FOOD, DROWSINESS--REPROT BLEEDING,BRUISING, JAUNDICE, ABDOMINAL PAIN,MENTAL DISTURBANCES, FEVER CHILLS, MOUTH ULCERS, SORE THROAT AND PALE STOOL |
| NEURONTIN [GABAPENTIN] | USED ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY FOR PARTIAL AND GENERALIZED SEIZURES, MOST USED FOR OTHER CONDITIONS---NERVE PAIN, FIBROMYALGIA,MIGRAINE |
| TRILEPTAL [OXCARBAXEPINE] | ADJUNCT FOR PARTIAL SEIZURES--INTERFERES WITH ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES |
| LAMICTAL [LAMOTRIGINE] | ADJUNCT THERAPY FOR PARTIAL SEIZURES--DON'T TAKE WITH DEPAKOTE AND***BLACK BOX WARNING ABOUT FATAL RASHES****MORE WITH CHILDREN NOT GIVEN UNDER AGE 16 |
| TOPAMAX [TOPIRAMATE] | ADJUCNT THERAPY FOR PARTIAL ONSET SEIZURES, ALCOHOL WITHDRAWL, MIGRAINE PREVENTION--MOSTLY USED FOR MIGRAINE PREVENTION---TAKE W/PLENTY OF WATER--INCREASED RISK OF KIDNEY STONES |
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