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2. Anticonvulsant - Wikipedia

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   Both newer and older drugs are generally equally effective in new onset epilepsy. [42] 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]

3. 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.

4. Pentylenetetrazol - Wikipedia

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   Pentylenetetrazol has been used experimentally to study seizure phenomena and to identify pharmaceuticals that may control seizure susceptibility. For instance, researchers can induce status epilepticus in animal models. Pentylenetetrazol is also a prototypical anxiogenic drug and has been extensively used in animal models of anxiety.

5. Phenobarbital - Wikipedia

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   Most of these patients were using the only effective drug then available, bromide, which had terrible side effects and limited efficacy. On phenobarbital, their epilepsy was much improved: The worst [clarification needed] patients had fewer and lighter seizures and some patients became seizure-free. In addition, they improved physically and ...

6. Oxcarbazepine - Wikipedia

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   Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, double vision and trouble with walking. [3] Serious side effects may include anaphylaxis, liver problems, pancreatitis, suicide ideation, and an abnormal heart beat. [3] [6] While use during pregnancy may harm the baby, use may be less risky than having a seizure.

7. Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome - Wikipedia

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   [2]: 118 As of 2015, two cases of AHS have been reported that manifested during long-term treatment with multiple anti-seizure medications. Death due to multiple organ failure can occur; symptoms also mimic lymphoma and AHS has been called "pseudolymphoma" as a result. Changing the medications involved to those in a different class can avoid ...