noun
definition
An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
adjective
definition
(pharmaceutical effect) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
Examples of anticonvulsant in a Sentence
In controls 14% of patients had a seizure in the first week, compared with 5% of patients taking an anticonvulsant.
It is a highly effective anticonvulsant, with the particular advantage of a long duration of action.
It has stronger anticonvulsant properties than most other barbiturates, and may be preferentially concentrated in metabolically active epileptic foci.
Primarily a pustular rash may also be seen in those taking corticosteroids, lithium, oral contraceptives and anticonvulsant therapies.
Depakote, Tegretol, Lamictal, Neurontin, and Topamax are the most common anticonvulsant medications for bipolar patients.
Only rarely is anticonvulsant therapy recommended for a child with febrile seizures because of the generally benign nature of the seizures and the risk of side effects from the drugs.
The mother's exposure to certain prescription drugs such as anticonvulsant and dermatologic medications during pregnancy also can cause congenital cardiovascular defects.
After surgery, anticonvulsant drugs such as phenytoin may help control or prevent seizures, which can begin as late as two years after the head injury.
Spina bifida may arise because of chromosome abnormalities, single gene mutations, or specific environmental insults such as maternal diabetes mellitus or prenatal exposure to certain anticonvulsant drugs.
People who experience seizures, for example, may be given anticonvulsant drugs, and people who develop fluid on the brain (hydrocephalus) may have a shunt inserted to drain the fluid.
Anticonvulsant drugs, including phenytoin, are used to control seizures.
It has also been reported to be elevated in some other conditions such as leukemia, pregnancy, diabetes, thyroid disease, and sometimes as a side effect of anticonvulsant therapy.
Most anticonvulsant medications cause some drowsiness and stomach upset.
Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Atretol) is an anticonvulsant drug usually prescribed in conjunction with other mood stabilizing agents.
Lamotrigine (Lamictal, or LTG), an anticonvulsant medication, is often used in patients with a history of rapid cycling and antidepressant-induced mania.
Other medications prescribed for AD/HD therapy include buproprion (Wellbutrin), an antidepressant; fluoxetine (Prozac), an SSRI antidepressant; and carbamazepine (Tegretol, Atretol), an anticonvulsant drug.
Seizure disorders in children are usually treated with anticonvulsant drugs.