Anticonvulsant drugs names

Ethosuximide is an anticonvulsant drug that is used in minor forms of epilepsy. It is also prescribed under the name aximide, suxilene, rontone, and pyknolepsinum. 

Benzodiazepines and barbiturates are used as anticonvulsant drugs in the treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy, a medical disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, has many different forms. The four most common seizure types are generalized tonic-clonic seizures (old name grand mal seizures), generalized absence seizures (petit mal seizures), complex partial seizures (psychomotor or temporal lobe seizures), and simple partial seizures (focal seizures). 

Barbiturate The family name for a group of drugs with anticonvulsant, anaesthetic and sedative-hypnotic properties. Examples include amylobarbitone and pheno-barbitone. The problem of dependence and the introduction of safer benzodiazepine alternatives has resulted in a marked reduction in their clinical use. 

Acetaminophen can interact with other drugs, both in good and bad ways. For example, hospitals often combine acetaminophen with the narcotic pain reliever codeine (CoTylenol ) to treat more severe pain. Caffeine can increase the effectiveness of acetaminophen similarly to the way it does with aspirin. Brand names that use a combination of aspirin, caffeine, and acetaminophen include Excedrin and Vanquish . Combining these ingredients for their additive effects also reduces the dose needed for each one and thereby reduces the risk of side effects. However, there are a few drugs that should not be mixed with acetaminophen. These include anticonvulsants and alcohol, both of which increase the risk of liver damage. 

This book may be used as an encyclopedia of medications in which componnds appear under their generic names in alphabetical order from Abacavir sulfate, to Zopiclone, the first componnd of the cyclopytolone class possessing anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, muscle relaxant, and sedative properties. Furthermore, in the index, all drugs, including their generic names and multiple trade names, appear in alphabetical order. 

Barbiturates as a class of drugs mostly possess sedative and hypnotic properties. Surprisingly only a few of them really show anticonvulsant characteristics. Among the most common barbiturates generally employed as anticonvulsants in clinical use are namely phenobarbital, mephobarbital and methabarbital (discussed in the chapter on Sedatives and Hypnotics ) of which phenobarbital is the drug of choice and is used virtually in all the three types of epileptic seizures viz., grand mal, petit mal and psychomotor. 

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