anticonvulsants
Drugs preventing fits
Anticonvulsants are medications that prevent or reduce seizures, primarily used to treat epilepsy.
They work by stabilizing electrical activity in the brain.
Some anticonvulsants also treat bipolar disorder, nerve pain, and migraines: She's been on anticonvulsants since her first seizure.
Also called antiepileptic drugs or antiseizure medications.
Anticonvulsant blocking sodium channels
- valproateAnticonvulsant mood-stabilizing compound
- clonazepamAnti-seizure benzodiazepine drug
- phenobarbitalBarbiturate anticonvulsant sedative
Having two opposite poles
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- valproateAnticonvulsant mood-stabilizing compound
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- depressionProlonged low state
cycling · off-label · affective · impulse control · aggression · emotional regulation
Brain disorder causing seizures
- convulsionsInvoluntary muscular contractions
- tonic-clonicSeizure with rigidity and convulsions
- myoclonicPertaining to quick jerks
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
postictal · spasms · fits · kindling · electroencephalogram · triggers
Medical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
maintenance · prophylaxis · monotherapy · drug interactions · contraindications · side effects · toxicity · efficacy
Inhibitory brain neurotransmitter
- sodium channelProtein allowing sodium passage
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
excitability · synapse · neurons · receptor · cortical · binding site · potentiation · blockade
phenytoin
Anticonvulsant blocking sodium channels
- valproateAnticonvulsant mood-stabilizing compound
- clonazepamAnti-seizure benzodiazepine drug
- phenobarbitalBarbiturate anticonvulsant sedative
bipolar
Having two opposite poles
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- valproateAnticonvulsant mood-stabilizing compound
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
depression · cycling · off-label · affective · impulse control · aggression · emotional regulation
epilepsy
Brain disorder causing seizures
- convulsionsInvoluntary muscular contractions
- tonic-clonicSeizure with rigidity and convulsions
- myoclonicPertaining to quick jerks
aura · postictal · spasms · fits · kindling · electroencephalogram · triggers
prescription
Medical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- complianceAdhering to requirements
adherence · maintenance · prophylaxis · monotherapy · drug interactions · contraindications · side effects · toxicity · efficacy · loading dose
GABA
Inhibitory brain neurotransmitter
- sodium channelProtein allowing sodium passage
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
inhibition · excitability · synapse · neurons · receptor · cortical · binding site · potentiation · blockade · voltage-gated
- medicationspills, Tylenol, capsules, tablets, Xanax
- Drug Treatmentsantibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, painkillers, analgesics
- Epilepsyseizure, seizures, epilepsy, AED, absence
- neuro drugslevodopa, phenytoin, valproate, amantadine, phenobarbital
- Neurotherapiesdeep brain stimulation, DBS, neuromodulation, brain stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy
- Headache Remediessumatriptan, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin, naproxen
anticonvulsantsconvulsants
Substances provoking violent spasms