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  2. Phenytoin - Wikipedia

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    Phenytoin (PHT), sold under the brand name Dilantin among others, [1] is an anti-seizure medication. [3] It is useful for the prevention of tonic-clonic seizures (also known as grand mal seizures) and focal seizures , but not absence seizures . [ 3 ]

  3. Purple glove syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Purple glove syndrome is caused by the intravenous anticonvulsant phenytoin. [3] This medication has many already established neurological side effects. However, glove syndrome is a rare, with prevalence ranging from 1.7% to 5.9%, but has very serious adverse effect that may lead to limb amputations.

  4. Fosphenytoin - Wikipedia

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    Fosphenytoin is approved in the United States for the short-term (five days or fewer) treatment of epilepsy when more widely used means of phenytoin administration are not possible or are ill-advised, [4] such as endotracheal intubation, status epilepticus or some other type of repeated seizures; cluster seizure, vomiting, and/or the patient is unalert or not awake or both.

  5. Carbamazepine - Wikipedia

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    Carbamazepine, sold under the brand name Tegretol among others, is an anticonvulsant medication used in the treatment of epilepsy and neuropathic pain. [4] [1] It is used as an adjunctive treatment in schizophrenia along with other medications and as a second-line agent in bipolar disorder.

  6. Anticonvulsant - Wikipedia

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    The newer drugs tend to have fewer side effects. [42] For newly diagnosed partial or mixed seizures, there is evidence for using gabapentin, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine or topiramate as monotherapy. [42] Lamotrigine can be included in the options for children with newly diagnosed absence seizures. [42]

  7. Primidone - Wikipedia

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    Severe side effects may include suicide and psychosis. [ 8 ] [ 7 ] Use during pregnancy may result in harm to the fetus. [ 9 ] Primidone is an anticonvulsant of the barbiturate class; [ 7 ] however, its long-term effect in raising the seizure threshold is likely due to its active metabolite, phenobarbital . [ 10 ]

  8. Golden Retrievers’ Excitement Over Meeting New Human Baby ...

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    Bringing home a new baby is always a special time, and bringing one home during the holidays makes it even more special. Chase and Chester and Golden Retrievers that recently got a new baby sister ...

  9. Retigabine - Wikipedia

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    The adverse effects found in the Phase II trial mainly affected the central nervous system, and appeared to be dose-related. [8] The most common adverse effects were drowsiness, dizziness, tinnitus and vertigo, confusion, and slurred speech. [9] Less common side effects included tremor, memory loss, gait disturbances, and double vision. [10]