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| affect only part of the brain |
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| consciousness usually preserved |
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| consciousness usually impaired |
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| involves both hemispheres, loss of consciousness |
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| TX for epileptics- Na+ channel blocker; used for all partial and tonic-clonic seizures |
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| Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) |
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| TX for epileptics, less drug interactions |
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| Divalproex (Depakote, Depakote ER) |
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| TX for epileptics- valproate + valproic acid; most effective for myoclonic seizures, CI in pregnancy |
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| TX for epileptics- secondary agent in ansence seizures, block t-type calcium channels |
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| usually in childhood and often “grow out of them.” Brief unconsciousness (sec) with frequent staring/eye blinking movements |
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| brief single or multiple muscle contractions. |
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| tonic-clonic (Grand mal) seizures |
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| sudden unconsciousness with rigidity (tonic phase) followed by jerking of muscles (clonic phase) for varying periods. |
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| status epilepticus seizures |
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| rapid, recurrent seizures |
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| benign, but scary tonic/clonic convulsions in children. |
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| TX for epileptics- GABA anaglogue; partial and generalized seizures, neuropathic pain; elderly |
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| TX for epileptics- inhibits glutamate and aspartate release, becoming more popular, elderly; AE Stevens-Johnson syndrome |
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| TX for epileptics- decrease repetitive firing by block Na+ and Ca+ channels; not for absence seizures;AE drug interactions, gingival hyperplasia, tetrogensis |
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| TX for epileptics- pro-drug |
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| TX for epileptics- Ca++ channel blockade; neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia |
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| TX for epileptics- partial seizures, GABA reuptake inhibitor |
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| TX for epileptics- broad spectrum, partial and generalized seizures, migraine, |
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