anticonvulsant

Levetiracetam (Keppra) is one of the newer anticonvulsant medications.

An anticonvulsant medication called gabapentin (Neurotonin) can be an effective treatment for the pain associated with fibromyalgia, according to a study in the April 2007 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

As maternal seizures during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, preterm labor, intracranial hemorrhage in the fetus, stillbirth, and possible developmental or learning difficulties; control of seizures with maintaining appropriate anticonvulsant therapy during pregnancy is essential.

New research supported by the National Institutes of Healtha[euro](tm)s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) shows that the anticonvulsant medication gabapentin, which is used for certain types of seizures, can be an effective treatment for the pain and other symptoms associated with the common, often hard-to-treat chronic pain disorder, fibromyalgia.

Klonopin: Potentially addictive anticonvulsant to treat anxiety.

"The opportunity to support projects such as the development of biodegradable brain implants delivering a known anticonvulsant as well as a human trial to validate the pre-clinical findings of a Chinese herbal medicine is very promising as these treatment approaches could answer the critical need for greater seizure control and success in patients with epilepsy," Lammert said.

The federal Medicare program is requiring that all the new Part D prescription plans cover "'all or substantially all' of the drugs in the antidepressant, antipsychotic, anticonvulsant, anticancer, immunosuppressant and HIV/AIDS categories." "For HIV/AIDS drugs, utilization management tools such as prior authorization and step therapy are generally not employed in widely used, best practice formulary models (except as noted in Attachment I [which allows prior authorization for patients starting Fuzeon]) ...

Although most of the drugs had no effect or were toxic to the worms, Kornfeld's team found that ethosuximide, an anticonvulsant drug, increased the worms' life span by 17 percent.

According to Deborah Hirtz, M.D., program director of clinical trials at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, anticonvulsant medicines are not indicated for the prevention of epilepsy.

I have a 4-year-old boy who may have anticonvulsant syndrome as a result of Tegretol, a medication I had to take during the last two trimesters of my pregnancy to prevent seizures.

Gabapentin Capsules are the generic equivalent of Pfizer's anticonvulsant, Neurontin(R) Capsules.

Cerebyx is a water-based injectable anticonvulsant used to prevent and treat seizures occurring during neurosurgery.