The Booklets:

Anticonvulsant Medicines

Anticonvulsant (an-tie-kun-vul'-sent) medicines are used to stop seizures from happening. Sometimes they can stop all seizures. Sometimes they only stop some seizures. Some people have more than one kind of seizure. If so, their doctor may want them to take more than one kind of medicine to stop the seizures.

Table of Contents:

Do You Have Epilepsy?

Mood Problems

Anticonvulsant Medicines

Kinds of Anticonvulsant Medicines

What's New?

Uses for Anticonvulsants

1. Proven Uses
2. Other Uses (Not Proven)

Side Effects

1. Some Common Side Effects
2. Other Side Effects

Vitamins

Pregnancy and Anticonvulsants

Doses

Special Tests

Common Interactions

1. Mysoline (primidone) and Phenobarbital
2. Tegretol (carbamazepine)
3. Dilantin (phenytoin)

4. Depakene/Depakote (sodium valproate)

        5. Zarontin (ethosuximide) and Celontin (methsuximide)

6. Klonopin (clonaxepine, Tranxene (clorazepate), Ativan(lorazepam), and Valium (diazepam)

        7. Other Anticonvulsant Medicines

Don't Run Out of Medicine

How Long Will I Take This Medicine?

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