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  2. Levetiracetam - Wikipedia

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    Levetiracetam, sold under the brand name Keppra among others, is a novel antiepileptic drug [7] used to treat epilepsy. [8] It is used for partial-onset , myoclonic , or tonic–clonic seizures, [ 7 ] and is taken either by mouth as an immediate or extended release formulation or by injection into a vein .

  3. Hepatotoxicity - Wikipedia

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    Hepatotoxicity may manifest as triglyceride accumulation, which leads to either small-droplet (microvesicular) or large-droplet (macrovesicular) fatty liver. There is a separate type of steatosis by which phospholipid accumulation leads to a pattern similar to the diseases with inherited phospholipid metabolism defects (e.g., Tay–Sachs disease )

  4. List of psychotropic medications - Wikipedia

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    Keppra (levetiracetam) – an anticonvulsant drug which is sometimes used as a mood stabilizer and has potential benefits for other psychiatric and neurologic conditions such as Tourette syndrome, anxiety disorder, and Alzheimer's disease; Klonopin – anti-anxiety and anti-epileptic medication of the benzodiazepine class

  5. Hepatotoxin - Wikipedia

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    A hepatotoxin (Gr., hepato = liver) is a toxic chemical substance that damages the liver.. It can be a side-effect, but hepatotoxins are also found naturally, such as microcystins and pyrrolizidine alkaloids, or in laboratory environments, such as carbon tetrachloride, or far more pervasively in the form of ethanol (drinking alcohol).

  6. Anticonvulsant - Wikipedia

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    Keppra 30 November 1999 [67] 29 September 2000 [46] [68] 29 September 2000 [68] mephenytoin: Mesantoin 23 October 1946 [69] metharbital: Gemonil 1952 [70] [71] methsuximide: Celontin 8 February 1957 [72] methazolamide: Neptazane 26 January 1959 [73] oxcarbazepine: Trileptal 14 January 2000 [74] 2000 [46]

  7. List of psychiatric medications by condition treated - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress.. The list is ordered alphabetically according to the condition or conditions, then by the generic name of each medication.

  8. Hy's law - Wikipedia

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    Hy's law is a rule of thumb that a patient is at high risk of a fatal drug-induced liver injury if given a medication that causes hepatocellular injury (not Hepatobiliary injury) with jaundice. [1]

  9. Hepatoprotection - Wikipedia

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    This is opposite to hepatotoxicity. Hepatoprotective molecules used in emergency medicine ...