Antiepileptic Agents

Question 1

Hydantoins like phenytoin work as:
Drug for treating generalized seizures
Stabilize nerve membrane throughout CNS directly
Stabilize nerve membrane in two ways
A+B

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Use for treat seizures panic attack,restless leg movement:
Ethosuximide
Phenobarbital
Diazepam
Valproic acid

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is the mechanism of action ethosuximide?

Answer 3

Suppress the abnormal electrical activity in the brain associated with absence of seizures.

Question 4

Drug for treating parties seizure:
Valproic acid
Carbamazepine
Levodopa
Clozapine

Answer 4

B

Question 5

…………is associated with liver toxicity and can cause CNS effects

Answer 5

Valproic acid (which increase GABA receptor)

Question 6

Barbiturates(like phenobarbital) can use as:
Anxiolytics and hypnotics
Antiepileptics agents
Antidepressant
A+b

Answer 6

D

Question 7

How carbamazepine stabilize nerve membrane directly:
Increase the activity of GABA
Increase GABA activity at inhibitory receptor
Altering NA +/Ca + channel

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Succinimides like(ethosuximide)act as:
Drug for treating generalized seizures
Antimanic drugs
Drug that modulate inhibitory transmitter GABA

Answer 8

A