medication to prevent seizures; anti-epileptic drug
A drug or treatment that prevents seizures or makes them less severe.
A medication that stops, prevents or controls seizures.
an agent used to prevent or minimize the occurrence or severity of seizures; medication-nutrient interactions can include interference with metabolism of folic acid, carnitine and vitamins B6, B12, and D
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
A drug used to prevent or relieves seizures.
A class of drugs used to treat convulsive seizures, or epilepsy. Some of these medications, such as Valproic Acid or Depakote, are also used in prevention of headache, even when headaches are not associated with seizures.
a class of drugs that work to suppress sensory disturbances; they are often used to treat epileptic seizures.
Medication that prevents convulsions or seizures.
This refers to a substance that helps arrest or prevent convulsions.
Medication used to decrease the possibility of a seizure (e.g., Dilantin, Phenobarbital, Mysoline, Tegretol).
arrests or prevents convulsions
a type of medication used to treat convulsive seizures, or epilepsy. Some of these types of medications are also used to prevent headaches, even when the headaches aren't associated with seizures.
(AN-tee-kon-VUL-sant) A drug or other substance used to prevent or stop seizures or convulsions. Also called an antiepileptic.
an antiepileptic drug used to control both convulsive and nonconvulsive seizures.
A medication used to prevent or treat seizures. Certain anticonvulsants may cause an allergic reaction in some people.
an agent that prevents or lessens convulsions or seizures; may be used as an adjuvant analgesic.
An agent used to control convulsions and seizures, primarily in the treatment of epilepsy.
preventing or arresting convulsions; agent that prevents convulsions
A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures. There are a large number of anticonvulsant drugs today including, but not limited to: phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine, ethosuximide (Zarontin), clonazepam (Klonopin), diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), and midazolam (Versed). Anticonvulsant drugs taken during pregnancy put the baby at risk of major birth defects -- growth retardation, microcephaly (a small head) and deformities of the face and fingers -- a condition known as anticonvulsant embryopathy.
A drug used to control seizures. Even though all seizures are not convulsions, this term is commonly used.
An agent which prevents or arrests seizures.
medication that prevents or arrests convulsive seizures.
An agent, typically a drug, that is used to stop, prevent, or control seizures
A drug used to prevent seizures, which also may be useful for treating pain.
A drug that prevents or relieves convulsions or seizures.
Anticonvulsant are a class of drugs indicated for the treatment of various types of seizures associated with seizure disorders such as epilepsy, a neurological dysfunction in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain, and other disorders. A drug that prevents or relieves convulsions.
Medicine used to control fits or seizures
A medication that prevents or relieves seizures.
Affects nervous system and nerve function due to its ability to prevent or relieve convulsions. to top of page
Medication used for the treatment of seizures.
Any type of medicine used to prevent seizures or convulsions. Some of these drugs, such as gabapentin (Neurontin) have been shown to be effective pain relievers in nerve pain conditions such as post-herpetic neuralgia. An anticonvulsant may help ease the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia by acting on electrical impulses from the damaged nerves.
Any of a group of drugs that prevent seizures or control their incidence or severity.
Medicine to stop, prevent, or control seizures (convulsions).
Anticonvulsant medicine is used to treat epilepsy and seizures. For example Lorazepam.
Preventing or relieving convulsions. Anticonvulsant drugs are sometimes prescribed to control or prevent seizures occurring in individuals with juvenile (and sometimes adult-onset) HD.
The anticonvulsants, sometimes also called antiepileptics, belong to a diverse group of pharmaceuticals used in prevention of the occurrence of epileptic seizures. The goal of an anticonvulsant is to suppress the rapid and excessive firing of neurons that start a seizure. Failing this, a good anticonvulsant would prevent the spread of the seizure within the brain and offer protection against possible excitotoxic effects that may result in brain damage.