Neurology

Question 1

Myoclonic seizures

Answer 1

Sodium valproate - first line in males. Levetiracetam - females

Question 2

Focal seizures

Answer 2

Lamotrigine or levetiracetam (first line) , Carbamazepine ( second line)

Question 3

Generalised tonic clonic seizures

Answer 3

Sodium valproate , levetiracetam

Question 4

Absence seizures

Answer 4

Ethosuximde (first line) , second line similar to generalised tonic clonic and myoclonic
Carbamazepine may exacerbate.

Question 5

Tonic or atonic

Answer 5

Male - sodium valproate , female - lamotrigine