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level questions: DRUG OF CHOICE

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• DOC for both PARTIAL SEIZURES AND GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES • DOC TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA • MANIA (BIPOLAR DISORDER)CARBAMAZEPINE
the oldest nonsedative antiseizure drugPHENYTOIN • Dilantin®
• OLDEST ANTISEIZURE • derivative of BARBITURIC ACID • LONGEST ACTING BARBITURATESPHENOBARBITAL • Luminal®
Partial seizures (THIRD LINE DRUG FOR REFRACTORY CASES)FELBAMATE
• Originally Planned As SPASMOLYTIC • ADJUCT against PARTIAL SEIZURES AND GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES • POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIAGABAPENTIN • Neurontin®
APPROVED for use in NEUROPATHIC PAIN, including PAINFUL DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY and POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA ADJUNCTIVE treatment of partial seizuresPREGABALIN
ADJUNCTIVE therapy in the treatment of PARTIAL-ONSET SEIZURES WITH OR WITHOUT SECONDARY GENERALIZATION in PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY 16 YEARS and olderLACOSAMIDE • Vimpat®
ADJUNCTIVE treatment of PARTIAL SEIZURES IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN, for PRIMARY GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC seizures and for MYOCLONIC SEIZURES OF JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSYLEVETIRACETAM
derivative of nipecotic acid and was "RATIONALLY DESIGNED" as an inhibitor of GABA uptakeTIAGABINE Gabitril®
• Effective against PARTIAL AND GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES • WEST'S SYNDROME, LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME, ABSENCE SEIZURES -->>• MIGRAINE <<--TOPIRAMATE • Topamax®
drowsiness occurs early in the treatment and if the initial dose is TOO LARGEPRIMIDONE
DOC for ABSENCE SEIZUREETHOSUXIMIDE • Zarontin®
Very effective against ABSENCE SEIZURE and is often PREFERRED when the patient has CONCOMITANT GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC ATTACKSSODIUM VALPROATE • Depakene®
former DOC for ABSENCE SEIZURETrimethadione
MORE EFFECTIVE AND LONGER ACTING THAN DIAZEPAM for STATUS EPILEPTICUSLORAZEPAM • Ativan®
APPROVED in USA as an adjunct treatment of COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES IN ADULTSCLORAZEPATE • Tranxene®