Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for the drug phenytoin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
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Examples
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Well, I know all about Dilantin, which is phenytoin, which is an anti-convulsant, which has been in use for perhaps four decades, which is not what I would call mind-altering.
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He has just recently been honored in Ghana for distribution of the drug -- called Dilantin now.
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There is a new book out -- "The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon," by Anthony Summers -- claiming, among other things, that Nixon abused his wife also took a mind-altering drug called Dilantin, given to him by Jack Dreyfus.
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Anticonvulsants such as Dilantin, prescribed for epileptics, turn out to reduce stress in some people.
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Some Asian patients may suffer severe skin blisters and bleeding whentreated with certain epilepsy drugs such as Dilantin, Phenytek and Cerebyx, the U.S.
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Some Asian patients may suffer severe skin blisters and bleeding whentreated with certain epilepsy drugs such as Dilantin, Phenytek and Cerebyx, the U.S.
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Drugs like acid blockers, methotrexate (for cancer and arthritis and other autoimmune diseases), oral contraceptives, HCTZ or hydrochlorthiazide (for high blood pressure) and Dilantin (for seizures) can all affect levels of B vitamins.
Mark Hyman, MD: Nutrition Tips: Folic Acid: Killer or Cure-All? 2010
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I became addicted to bulletin boards and sought advice from all corners: Anyone else allergic to Dilantin?
Marian Salzman: Headstrong, Part II: The Creative Process 2010
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I became addicted to bulletin boards and sought advice from all corners: Anyone else allergic to Dilantin?
Marian Salzman: Headstrong, Part II: The Creative Process 2010
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Those include certain corticosteroids such as prednisone (Sterapred DS and generic); the weight-loss medication orlistat (Alli and Xenical); the cholesterol-lowering drug cholestyramine (Questran and generic); and the antiseizure drug phenytoin (Dilantin and generic).
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