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Name the first-line drug to treat absence seizures. |
Ethosuximide |
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Name 3 drugs indicated in the treatment of generalized idiopathic epilepsy. |
1. Valproate 2. Lamictal (lamotrigine) 3. Keppra (Levetiracetam) |
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Name 6 drugs useful in the treatment of generalized symptomatic epilepsy. |
1. Valproate 2. Lamictal (lamotrigine) 3. Keppra (Levetiracetam) 4. Felbatrol (felbamate) 5. Topamax (topiramate) 6. Zonegran (zonisamide) |
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Name 3 seizure drugs that I should become most familiar with, and for what should they be used? |
1. Tegretol (carbamazepine): partial seizures 2. Zarontin (ethosuximide): absence 3. Valproate: generalized seizures |
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What 3 antiseizure drugs might be tried on kids already taking meds for something else to lessen the risk of the seizure drugs affecting the metabolism of the drugs prescribed earlier, and under what circumstances? |
1. Focal seizures: Keppra (levetiracetam)
2. Generalized seizures: Topamax (topiramate)
3. Absence seizures: Lamictal (lamotrigine) |
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Rrr |
1. Liver function tests: prior to therapy and especially during 1st six mos |
