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Anticonvulsant

Index Anticonvulsant

Anticonvulsants (also known as antiepileptic drugs, antiseizure drugs, or anti-seizure medications (ASM)) are a diverse group of pharmacological agents used in the treatment of epileptic seizures. [1]

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  1. 134 relations: Absence seizure, Acetazolamide, American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, Amnesia, Anesthesia, Anxiolytic, Apoptosis, ATC code N03, Azobenzene, Barbexaclone, Barbiturate, Beclamide, Bipolar disorder, Birth defect, Borderline personality disorder, Brivaracetam, Bromide, Calcium channel, Carbamazepine, Catamenial epilepsy, Cenobamate, Central nervous system, Charles Locock, Clobazam, Clonazepam, Clorazepate, Cognitive impairment, Combination therapy, Convulsion, Depressant, Diazepam, Dravet syndrome, Drug tolerance, Epilepsia (journal), Epilepsy, Epileptogenesis, Erectile dysfunction, Eslicarbazepine acetate, Ethadione, Ethosuximide, Ethotoin, Etiracetam, European Medicines Agency, Felbamate, Fibromyalgia, Focal seizure, Food and Drug Administration, Fosphenytoin, GABA, ... Expand index (84 more) »

Absence seizure

Absence seizures are one of several kinds of generalized seizures.

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Acetazolamide

Acetazolamide, sold under the trade name Diamox among others, is a medication used to treat glaucoma, epilepsy, acute mountain sickness, periodic paralysis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (raised brain pressure of unclear cause), heart failure and to alkalinize urine. Anticonvulsant and Acetazolamide are anticonvulsants.

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American Academy of Neurology

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a professional society representing over 40,000 neurologists and neuroscientists.

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American Epilepsy Society

The American Epilepsy Society (AES) is a nationwide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for medical professionals and scientific investigators dedicated to finding the prevention, treatment, and cure of epilepsy.

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Amnesia

Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind.

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Anesthesia

Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes.

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Anxiolytic

An anxiolytic (also antipanic or anti-anxiety agent) is a medication or other intervention that reduces anxiety.

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Apoptosis

Apoptosis (from falling off) is a form of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms and in some eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms such as yeast.

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ATC code N03

N03.

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Azobenzene

Azobenzene is a photoswitchable chemical compound composed of two phenyl rings linked by a N.

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Barbexaclone

Barbexaclone (Maliasin) is a salt compound of phenobarbital and levopropylhexedrine.

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Barbiturate

Barbiturates are a class of depressant drugs that are chemically derived from barbituric acid. Anticonvulsant and Barbiturate are anticonvulsants.

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Beclamide

Beclamide (marketed as Chloracon, Hibicon, Posedrine, Nydrane, Seclar, and other names) is a drug that possesses anticonvulsant activity. Anticonvulsant and Beclamide are anticonvulsants.

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Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that each last from days to weeks.

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Birth defect

A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause.

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Borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive, long-term pattern of significant interpersonal relationship instability, a distorted sense of self, and intense emotional responses.

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Brivaracetam

Brivaracetam, sold under the brand name Briviact among others, is a chemical analog of levetiracetam, a racetam derivative with anticonvulsant (antiepileptic) properties. Anticonvulsant and Brivaracetam are anticonvulsants.

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Bromide

A bromide ion is the negatively charged form (Br−) of the element bromine, a member of the halogens group on the periodic table.

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Calcium channel

A calcium channel is an ion channel which shows selective permeability to calcium ions.

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Carbamazepine

Carbamazepine, sold under the brand name Tegretol among others, is an anticonvulsant medication used in the treatment of epilepsy and neuropathic pain. Anticonvulsant and Carbamazepine are anticonvulsants.

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Catamenial epilepsy

Catamenial epilepsy is a form of epilepsy in women where seizures are exacerbated during certain phases of the menstrual cycle.

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Cenobamate

Cenobamate, sold under the brand names Xcopri (US) and Ontozry (EU), is a medication used for the treatment of partial-onset seizures, a kind of epilepsy, in adults. Anticonvulsant and Cenobamate are anticonvulsants.

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Central nervous system

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.

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Charles Locock

Sir Charles Locock, 1st Baronet (21 April 1799 – 23 July 1875) was an obstetrician to Queen Victoria.

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Clobazam

Clobazam, sold under the brand names Frisium, Onfi and others, is a benzodiazepine class medication that was patented in 1968.

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Clonazepam

Clonazepam, sold under the brand names Klonopin and Rivotril, is a medication used to prevent and treat anxiety disorders, seizures, bipolar mania, agitation associated with psychosis, OCD and akathisia.

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Clorazepate

Clorazepate, sold under the brand name Tranxene among others, is a benzodiazepine medication.

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Cognitive impairment

Cognitive impairment is an inclusive term to describe any characteristic that acts as a barrier to the cognition process or different areas of cognition.

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Combination therapy

Combination therapy or polytherapy is therapy that uses more than one medication or modality.

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Convulsion

A convulsion is a medical condition where the body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking.

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Depressant

Colloquially known as "downers", depressants or central nervous system (CNS) depressants are drugs that lower neurotransmission levels, decrease the electrical activity of brain cells, or reduce arousal or stimulation in various areas of the brain.

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Diazepam

Diazepam, sold under the brand name Valium among others, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family that acts as an anxiolytic.

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Dravet syndrome

Dravet syndrome (DS), previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder which causes a catastrophic form of epilepsy, with prolonged seizures that are often triggered by hot temperatures or fever. Anticonvulsant and Dravet syndrome are epilepsy.

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Drug tolerance

Drug tolerance or drug insensitivity is a pharmacological concept describing subjects' reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use.

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Epilepsia (journal)

Epilepsia is a peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on all aspects of epilepsy.

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Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures.

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Epileptogenesis

Epileptogenesis is the gradual process by which a typical brain develops epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Epileptogenesis are epilepsy.

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Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity.

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Eslicarbazepine acetate

Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL), sold under the brand names Aptiom and Zebinix among others, is an anticonvulsant medication approved for use in Europe and the United States as monotherapy or as additional therapy for partial-onset seizures epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Eslicarbazepine acetate are anticonvulsants.

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Ethadione

Ethadione is an anticonvulsant medication in the oxazolidinedione family used mainly to treat seizures.

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Ethosuximide

Ethosuximide, sold under the brand name Zarontin among others, is a medication used to treat absence seizures. Anticonvulsant and Ethosuximide are anticonvulsants.

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Ethotoin

Ethotoin (previously marketed as Peganone) is an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Ethotoin are anticonvulsants.

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Etiracetam

Etiracetam is a chemical compound belonging to the racetam family, which was developed as a nootropic drug.

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European Medicines Agency

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) in charge of the evaluation and supervision of pharmaceutical products.

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Felbamate

Felbamate (marketed under the brand name Felbatol by MedPointe) is an anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Felbamate are anticonvulsants.

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Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a medical syndrome which causes chronic widespread pain, accompanied by fatigue, waking unrefreshed, and cognitive symptoms.

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Focal seizure

Focal seizures (also called partial seizures and localized seizures) are seizures that affect initially only one hemisphere of the brain.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Fosphenytoin

Fosphenytoin, also known as fosphenytoin sodium, and sold under the brand name Cerebyx among others, is a water-soluble phenytoin prodrug that is administered intravenously to deliver phenytoin, potentially more safely than intravenous phenytoin. Anticonvulsant and fosphenytoin are anticonvulsants.

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GABA

GABA (gamma Aminobutyric acid, γ-Aminobutyric acid) is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the developmentally mature mammalian central nervous system.

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GABA transporter type 1

GABA transporter 1 (GAT1) also known as sodium- and chloride-dependent GABA transporter 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC6A1 gene and belongs to the solute carrier 6 (SLC6) family of transporters.

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GABAA receptor

The GABAA receptor (GABAAR) is an ionotropic receptor and ligand-gated ion channel.

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Gabapentin

Gabapentin, sold under the brand name Neurontin among others, is an anticonvulsant medication primarily used to treat partial seizures and neuropathic pain. Anticonvulsant and Gabapentin are anticonvulsants.

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Gabapentin enacarbil

Gabapentin enacarbil (Horizant, Regnite (in Japan)) is an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug of the gabapentinoid class, and a prodrug to gabapentin. Anticonvulsant and gabapentin enacarbil are anticonvulsants.

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Generalized anxiety disorder

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities.

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Glutamate (neurotransmitter)

In neuroscience, glutamate is the anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter (a chemical that nerve cells use to send signals to other cells).

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H. Houston Merritt

Hiram Houston Merritt Jr. (January 12, 1902, Wilmington, North Carolina – January 9, 1979, Boston, Massachusetts) was a renowned academic neurologist.

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Hypnotic

Hypnotic (from Greek Hypnos, sleep), or soporific drugs, commonly known as sleeping pills, are a class of (and umbrella term for) psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep (or surgical anesthesiaWhen used in anesthesia to produce and maintain unconsciousness, "sleep" is metaphorical as there are no regular sleep stages or cyclical natural states; patients rarely recover from anesthesia feeling refreshed and with renewed energy.

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Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence.

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Ketogenic diet

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. Anticonvulsant and ketogenic diet are epilepsy.

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Lacosamide

Lacosamide, sold under the brand name Vimpat among others, is a medication used for the treatment of partial-onset seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Anticonvulsant and Lacosamide are anticonvulsants.

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Lamotrigine

Lamotrigine, sold under the brand name Lamictal among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy and stabilize mood in bipolar disorder. Anticonvulsant and Lamotrigine are anticonvulsants.

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Levetiracetam

Levetiracetam, sold under the brand name Keppra among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Levetiracetam are anticonvulsants.

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Literature review

A literature review is an overview of the previously published works on a topic.

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Lorazepam

Lorazepam, sold under the brand name Ativan among others, is a benzodiazepine medication.

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Medication

A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

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Mephenytoin

Mephenytoin (marketed as Mesantoin by Novartis) is a hydantoin, used as an anticonvulsant. Anticonvulsant and Mephenytoin are anticonvulsants.

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Mesuximide

Mesuximide (or methsuximide, methosuximide) is a succinimide anticonvulsant medication. Anticonvulsant and Mesuximide are anticonvulsants.

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Metharbital

Metharbital was patented in 1905 by Emil Fischer working for Merck. Anticonvulsant and Metharbital are anticonvulsants.

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Methazolamide

Methazolamide (trade name Neptazane) is a potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.

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Methylphenobarbital

Methylphenobarbital (INN), also known as mephobarbital (USAN, JAN) and mephobarbitone (BAN), marketed under brand names such as Mebaral, Mephyltaletten, Phemiton, and Prominal, is a drug which is a barbiturate derivative and is used primarily as an anticonvulsant, but also as a sedative and anxiolytic. Anticonvulsant and Methylphenobarbital are anticonvulsants.

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Midazolam

Midazolam, sold under the brand name Versed among others, is a benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, premedication before surgical anesthesia, and procedural sedation, and to treat severe agitation.

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Mirogabalin

Mirogabalin (brand name Tarlige; developmental code name DS-5565) is a gabapentinoid medication developed by Daiichi Sankyo.

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Mood stabilizer

A mood stabilizer is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts, such as bipolar disorder and the bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder.

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Muscle relaxant

A muscle relaxant is a drug that affects skeletal muscle function and decreases the muscle tone.

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N-type calcium channel

N-type calcium channels also called Cav2.2 channels are voltage gated calcium channels that are localized primarily on the nerve terminals and dendrites as well as neuroendocrine cells.

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.

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Neurodevelopmental disorder

Neurodevelopmental disorders are a group of conditions that begin to emerge during childhood (or the development of the nervous system).

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Neuron

A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system.

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Neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.

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Nimetazepam

Nimetazepam (marketed under brand name Erimin and Lavol) is an intermediate-acting hypnotic drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative.

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Nitrazepam

Nitrazepam, sold under the brand name Mogadon among others, is a hypnotic drug of the benzodiazepine class used for short-term relief from severe, disabling anxiety and insomnia.

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Opioid withdrawal

Opioid withdrawal is a set of symptoms (a syndrome) arising from the sudden withdrawal or reduction of opioids where previous usage has been heavy and prolonged.

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Oral mucosa

The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane lining the inside of the mouth.

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Oxcarbazepine

Oxcarbazepine, sold under the brand name Trileptal among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy. For epilepsy it is used for both focal seizures and generalized seizures. It has been used both alone and as add-on therapy in people with bipolar disorder who have had no success with other treatments. Anticonvulsant and Oxcarbazepine are anticonvulsants.

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P-type calcium channel

The P-type calcium channel is a type of voltage-dependent calcium channel.

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Paraldehyde

Paraldehyde is the cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde molecules. Anticonvulsant and Paraldehyde are anticonvulsants.

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Paramethadione

Paramethadione (brand name Paradione) is an anticonvulsant drug of the chemical class called oxazolidinediones developed by the Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories (known as AbbVie since January 1, 2013), and approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1949 for the treatment of absence seizures, also called partial seizures.

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Perampanel

Perampanel, sold under the brand name Fycompa, is an anti-epileptic medication developed by Eisai Co. that is used in addition to other drugs to treat partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures for people older than twelve years. Anticonvulsant and Perampanel are anticonvulsants.

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α), also known as NR1C1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group C, member 1), is a nuclear receptor protein functioning as a transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the PPARA gene.

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Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.

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Phenacemide

Phenacemide (INN, BAN) (brand name Phenurone), also known as phenylacetylurea, is an anticonvulsant of the ureide (acetylurea) class.

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Pheneturide

Pheneturide (INN, BAN) (brand names Benuride, Deturid, Pheneturid, Septotence, Trinuride), also known as phenylethylacetylurea (or ethylphenacemide), is an anticonvulsant of the ureide class. Anticonvulsant and Pheneturide are anticonvulsants.

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Phenobarbital

Phenobarbital, also known as phenobarbitone or phenobarb, sold under the brand name Luminal among others, is a medication of the barbiturate type.

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Phensuximide

Phensuximide is an anticonvulsant in the succinimide class.

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Phenytoin

Phenytoin (PHT), sold under the brand name Dilantin among others, is an anti-seizure medication. Anticonvulsant and Phenytoin are anticonvulsants.

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Piracetam

Piracetam is a drug that has efficacy in cognitive disorders, vertigo, cortical myoclonus, dyslexia, and sickle cell anemia; sources differ on its usefulness for dementia. Piracetam is sold as a medication in many European countries. Sale of piracetam is not illegal in the United States, although it is not regulated nor approved by the FDA, so it is legally sold for research use only.

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Placebo

A placebo is a substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value.

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Potassium bromide

Potassium bromide (KBr) is a salt, widely used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with over-the-counter use extending to 1975 in the US. Anticonvulsant and Potassium bromide are anticonvulsants.

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Pregabalin

Pregabalin, sold under the brand name Lyrica among others, is an anticonvulsant, analgesic, and anxiolytic amino acid medication used to treat epilepsy, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, restless legs syndrome, opioid withdrawal, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Anticonvulsant and Pregabalin are anticonvulsants.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).

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Primidone

Primidone, sold under various brand names, is a barbiturate medication that is used to treat partial and generalized seizures and essential tremors. Anticonvulsant and Primidone are anticonvulsants.

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Progabide

Progabide (INN; trade name Gabrene, Sanofi-Aventis) is an analogue and prodrug of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) used in the treatment of epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Progabide are anticonvulsants.

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Pyridoxine

Pyridoxine, is a form of vitamin B6 found commonly in food and used as a dietary supplement.

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Restless legs syndrome

Restless legs syndrome, also known as restless leg syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), is a neurological disorder, usually chronic, that causes an overwhelming urge to move one's legs.

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Resuscitation

Resuscitation is the process of correcting physiological disorders (such as lack of breathing or heartbeat) in an acutely ill patient.

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Rufinamide

Rufinamide is an anticonvulsant medication. Anticonvulsant and Rufinamide are anticonvulsants.

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Sedation

Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure.

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Sedative

A sedative or tranquilliser is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement.

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Seizure

A seizure is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Anticonvulsant and seizure are epilepsy.

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Seizure types

In the field of neurology, seizure types are categories of seizures defined by seizure behavior, symptoms, and diagnostic tests. Anticonvulsant and seizure types are epilepsy.

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Seletracetam

Seletracetam (UCB 44212) is a pyrrolidone-derived drug of the racetam family that is structurally related to levetiracetam (trade name Keppra).

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Sodium channel

Sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that form ion channels, conducting sodium ions (Na+) through a cell's membrane.

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Status epilepticus

Status epilepticus (SE), or status seizure, is a medical condition consisting of a single seizure lasting more than 5 minutes, or 2 or more seizures within a 5-minute period without the person returning to normal between them. Anticonvulsant and status epilepticus are epilepsy.

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Stiripentol

Stiripentol, sold under the brand name Diacomit, is an anticonvulsant medication used for the treatment of Dravet syndrome - a serious genetic brain disorder. Anticonvulsant and Stiripentol are anticonvulsants.

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Substance use disorder

Substance use disorder (SUD) is the persistent use of drugs despite the substantial harm and adverse consequences to one's own self and others, as a result of their use.

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Sultiame

Sultiame (or sulthiame) is a sulfonamide and inhibitor of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. Anticonvulsant and Sultiame are anticonvulsants.

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SV2A

Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A is a ubiquitous synaptic vesicle protein that in humans is encoded by the SV2A gene.

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Temazepam

Temazepam, sold under the brand name Restoril among others, is a medication of the benzodiazepine class which is generally used to treat severe or debilitating insomnia.

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Tiagabine

Tiagabine (trade name Gabitril) is an anticonvulsant medication produced by Cephalon that is used in the treatment of epilepsy. Anticonvulsant and Tiagabine are anticonvulsants.

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Topiramate

Topiramate, sold under the brand name Topamax among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy and prevent migraines. Anticonvulsant and Topiramate are anticonvulsants.

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Tracy Putnam

Tracy Jackson Putnam (April 14, 1894 – March 29, 1975) among other things was a co-discoverer of Dilantin for controlling epilepsy.

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Traumatic brain injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force.

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Trimethadione

Trimethadione (Tridione) is an oxazolidinedione anticonvulsant. Anticonvulsant and Trimethadione are anticonvulsants.

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Vagus nerve stimulation

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve.

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Valnoctamide

Valnoctamide (INN, USAN) has been used in France as a sedative-hypnotic since 1964. Anticonvulsant and Valnoctamide are anticonvulsants.

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Valproate

Valproate (valproic acid, VPA, sodium valproate, and valproate semisodium forms) are medications primarily used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder and prevent migraine headaches. Anticonvulsant and valproate are anticonvulsants.

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Valpromide

Valpromide (marketed as Depamide by Sanofi-Aventis) is a carboxamide derivative of valproic acid used in the treatment of epilepsy and some affective disorders. Anticonvulsant and Valpromide are anticonvulsants.

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Vigabatrin

Vigabatrin, sold under the brand names Vigafyde, Vigpoder and Sabril among others, is a medication used in the management and treatment of infantile spasms and refractory complex partial seizures. Anticonvulsant and Vigabatrin are anticonvulsants.

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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding

Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) of the newborn, previously known as haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, is a rare form of bleeding disorder that affects newborns and young infants due to low stores of vitamin K at birth.

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Voltage-gated calcium channel

Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), also known as voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the membrane of excitable cells (e.g., muscle, glial cells, neurons, etc.) with a permeability to the calcium ion Ca2+.

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Ziconotide

Ziconotide, sold under the brand name Prialt, also called intrathecal ziconotide (ITZ) because of its administration route, is an atypical analgesic agent for the amelioration of severe and chronic pain.

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Zonisamide

Zonisamide, sold under the brand name Zonegran among others, is a medication used to treat the symptoms of epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. Anticonvulsant and Zonisamide are anticonvulsants.

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4-aminobutyrate transaminase

In enzymology, 4-aminobutyrate transaminase, also called GABA transaminase or 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase, or GABA-T, is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction: Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 4-aminobutanoate (GABA) and 2-oxoglutarate.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticonvulsant

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