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Dilantin (dī`lăntĭn), trade name for diphenylhydantoin, an anticonvulsant drug. The first nonsedative antiepileptic agent, it is still widely used to control the grand mal type of epilepsy epilepsy, a chronic disorder of cerebral function characterized by periodic convulsive seizures. There are many conditions that have epileptic seizures. Sudden discharge of excess electrical activity, which can be either generalized (involving many areas of cells in ..... Click the link for more information. . It is also useful against types of psychomotor epilepsy, i.e., epilepsy involving bizarre patterns of movement. In some cases Dilantin, in combination with phenobarbital, a barbiturate barbiturate (bärbĭch`ərāt'), any one of a group of drugs that act as depressants on the central nervous system . ..... Click the link for more information. , is more effective than either drug used alone. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Prescription drugs during pregnancy, such as DES and Dilantin. At this point, CB was still taking phenobarbital (330 mg/d) and Tegretol (2,400 mg/d), but his physician had also prescribed Dilantin ([dagger]) (400 mg/d) and Ativan (1. Neurological sequelac following Dilantin overdose in a patient and in experimental animals. |
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