anticonvulsant

Speech parts

1. anticonvulsant - Noun

2. anticonvulsant - Adjective

Meaning

a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

antiepileptic anticonvulsant drug antiepileptic drug epilepsy corticosteroid medicament antispasmodic anti-inflammatory analgesic neuroleptic anticholinergic hydantoin spasmolytic luminal barbital
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Hypernyms

medicine medication medicament medicinal drug

Hyponyms

gabapentin hydantoin ethosuximide primidone mephobarbital mephenytoin

Phrases with the word

anticonvulsant-induced anticonvulsant agent

Examples

Like other benzodiazepines, it possesses anxiolytic properties, but, unlike other benzodiazepines, it does not have anticonvulsant, sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant, motor skill-impairing, or amnestic properties. Source: Internet

Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant which is structurally related to the tricyclic antidepressants and is useful in treating patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Source: Internet

In about half, the first agent is effective; a second single agent helps in about 13% and a third or two agents at the same time may help an additional 4%. citation About 30% of people continue to have seizures despite anticonvulsant treatment. Source: Internet

It has been used as an anticonvulsant and antiepileptic in the UK since 1965, and has been approved in the US since 1968. Source: Internet

Medications Anticonvulsants The mainstay treatment of epilepsy is anticonvulsant medications, possibly for the person's entire life. Source: Internet

The least expensive anticonvulsant is phenobarbital at around $5 USD a year. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

anticonventional anticonventionalism anticonversion anticonvulsant agent anticonvulsant drug anticonvulsant-induced