Status epilepticus simple partial

Unlabeled Uses Prevention of migraine treatment of behavior disorders in Alzheimer s disease bipolar disorder chorea, myoclonic, simple partial, and tonic-clonic seizures organic brain syndrome schizophrenia status epilepticus tardive dyskinesia... 

Therapeutic uses Phenytoin is highly effective for all partial seizures (simple and complex), for tonic-clonic seizures, and in the treatment of status epilepticus caused by recurrent tonic-clonic seizures (Figure 15.3). Phenytoin is not effective for absence seizures, which often may worsen if such a patient is treated with this drug. 

Recently it was described that an 11-year-old boy who developed status epilepticus after a prolonged right-side simple partial motor seizure, which was unresponsive to long-term aggressive treatment with several AEDs [51]. The control of seizures was achieved at a plasma valproic acid level of 108 pg/ml, but electrical status epilepticus persisted, and the child remained comatose. On day 37, a treatment with verapamil (a calcium L-channel blocker) was started, and 1.5 h after the initiation of the infusion, the patient regained consciousness, breathed spontaneously, and the electrical status promptly disappeared. The authors suggested that verapamil, a... 

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