Why is this medication prescribed? Phenytoin is used to control certain type of seizures, and to treat and prevent seizures that may begin during or after surgery to the brain or
Among the 332 Hanoi samples analyzed with WGS, known mutations, which have been registered
In 1908 phenytoin (5,5-diphenylhydantoin) was first synthesized as a barbiturate derivative in Germany by professor Heinrich Biltz (1865-1943) and subsequently resynthesized by an American chemist of the pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis in 1923 in Detroit
Phenytoin is an AED that works by binding and stabilizing the inactivated state of sodium channels and blocks the high-frequency firing of neurons and spread of seizure activity []
Phenytoin sodium dissociates easily to regenerate phenytoin, even in weakly acidic solutions
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Phenytoin Sodium is the sodium salt form of phenytoin, a hydantoin derivate and non-sedative antiepileptic agent with anticonvulsant activity
DILANTIN can cause serious side effects including: Like other antiepileptic drugs, DILANTIN may cause suicidal thoughts or actions in a very small number of people, about 1 in 500
1 It is used for controlling both generalized and partial seizures due to its stabilizing influence on neuronal membranes without causing depression of the central nervous system
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Phenytoin is an antiepileptic drug which can be used in the treatment of epilepsy
Possibly by promoting sodium efflux from neurons, phenytoin tends to stabilize the threshold against hyperexcitability caused by excessive stimulation or environmental
Lamotrigine was approved for use in the United States for Phenytoin is one of the most widely prescribed antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the USA (approximately 52% of AED prescriptions compared with 19% for valproic acid, 11% carbamazepine, and 7% phenobarbital) [ 1 ]
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The chemical name is 5,5-diphenyl-2,4 imidazolidinedione, having the following structural formula: Each 5 ml of suspension contains 125 mg of phenytoin, USP; alcohol, USP (maximum content not greater DILANTIN INFATABS (phenytoin) tablet, chewable NDC Code(s): 0071-0007-24, 0071-0007-40 Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterised by recurrent, unilateral, brief (<1 s–2 min), very painful, electric shock-like pain episodes in the trigeminal distribution that are abrupt in onset and termination