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What are the two targets of anti-epileptics?
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Na channels and GABA
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Which Anti Epileptics are handy for neuralgia?
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Carbamazepine:trigeminal
Gabapentin: Peripheral Neuropathy |
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Which antiepileptic can you use in pregnancy?
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Phenobarbital. Which one can never be used in pregnancy
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Carbamazepine is teratogenic. Valproate Causes Neural Tube Issues (Spina Bifida)
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If a pregnant woman has a seizure due to Eclampsia, what can you use?
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Benzozdiazepine. What is the first line therapy for seizures of Eclampsia?
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MgSO4.
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What is Eclampsia again?
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Seizures and Coma from some pre-pregnancy cause. This is the eclamptic convulsion. What is pre-eclampsia?
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Higher blood pressure and proteinuria. Cerebral Blindness is a known cerebral sign in pre-eclamsia. ICerebral signs are nonspecific. nausea, vomiting. This disease may have to do with exposure to paternal antigens.
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Which anti-epileptics cause blood disorders?
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Carbamazepine causes dyscraisias (agranulocytosis, or aplastic anemia). Megaloblastic Anemia is phenytoin.
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Who has SLE symptoms
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Phenytoin
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Which anti-epileptic causes megaloblastic anemia
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Phenytoin. What else can it cause? At the Gums?
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Gingival Hyperplasia.
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