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anticonvulsant drug

NOUN
  1. a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

How To Use anticonvulsant drug In A Sentence

  • Its safety and efficacy as an anticonvulsant drug given intramuscularly have been shown in several studies in animals and humans (adults and children).
  • Because of the problems associated with traditional seizure medications, other types of human anticonvulsant drugs have been tested for use in veterinary medicine. Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets
  • Although bromides are considered safer drugs than phenobarbital, they may not completely control seizures as a sole medication and are most commonly used in conjunction with other anticonvulsant drugs. Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets
  • Side-effects of anticonvulsant drugs are usually not serious and are reversible once the dose is reduced or the drug is discontinued.
  • Changing the dosage of an anticonvulsant drug solely on the basis of a serum drug level is ‘like driving a car looking at the speedometer and not out the window.’
  • These alternative anticonvulsant drugs AACDs include felbamate, gabapentin, levetiracetam, pregabalin, topiramate and zonisamide. Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets
  • It became apparent that this must have been due to ingestion of the family dog's anticonvulsant drug.
  • The anticonvulsant drugs phenytoin and valproic acid appear to interfere with folate absorption.
  • If the child has fits, they may be prescribed anticonvulsant drugs.
  • Although nearly half the kids received lithium or an anticonvulsant drug to quell manic symptoms, their bipolar condition subsided no more often than that of their unmedicated peers.
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