Posts tagged with: epilepsy
Sodium Valproate
Sodium Valproate a white tablet is the sodium salt of valproic acid and is an anticonvulsant used in the treatment of all forms of epilepsy and manic episodes associated bipolar disorder. It is not specificly for this use, but has been used. sodium valproate is one of the... [Read more]
The Brain and Nervous System Information
The human brain contains over 100 billion nerves cells, known as neurons. Their job is the receiving of electro-chemical impulses, and their function would be to send responsive signals back to the various glands and muscles. An example of the way our brain works would be... [Read more]
Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of some forms of epilepsy and prophylaxis (medical or public health measures taken in order to prevent disease or health) of bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) in patients... [Read more]
How Anti-Convulsant Medication Works
The selection of anticonvulsant drugs, or antieileptic, will depend on the type of epilepsy, the age of the individual, and his or her particular response to drug treatment. Electrical signals are sent out from the brain to our arms and legs. Under normal conditions clear... [Read more]
Primidone
Primidone a white tablet is an anticonvulsant of the pyrimidinedione it has been around since the 1950s. It is chemically related to the barbiturates, it is partially converted to barbiturates in the body. Primidone is used mainly to treat complex partial, simple partials,... [Read more]
Phenytoin
Phenytoin/Fosphenytoin is widely prescribed for the long term treatment of epilepsy, including tonic/clonic and temporal lobe epilepsy. Phenytoin goes back as far as the 1930s and works by reducing abnormal electrical discharges within the brain. other treatments for this... [Read more]
Diazepam
Diazepam is another drug that’s been around for quite some time and is commonly used for treating anxiety, insomnia, seizures, muscle spasms and alcohol withdrawal. Diazepam is one of the more widely known anti-anxiety drugs, not only by the medical profession, but... [Read more]
Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital (pronouced fee-noe-bar-bih-tal) is a long-acting barbiturates and was first marketed as Luminal. It has been around now for about 60/70 years and is still sometimes of value in epilepsy. Before the development of safer drugs phenobarbital was used as a sleeping... [Read more]
Lamotrigine
Lamotrigine (pronounced /ləˈmɪktəl/) is used either alone or in combination with other anticonvulsants, for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. For epilepsy it is used to treat partial seizures, primary and secondary tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures... [Read more]
Ethosuximide
Ethosuximide has been around for some years and belongs to a group of drugs known as anticonvulsants, and is used to treat epilepsy. Ethosuximide and sodium valproate are the drugs of choice in typical absence seizures (petit mal), as well as atypical absence seizures. Other... [Read more]
