Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
antepileptic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Med.) Same as
antepileptic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pharmacy Acting to prevent
epilepic seizures - noun medicine A drug which acts to prevent
epileptic seizures
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Etymologies
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Examples
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But this month FDA issued a warning that pregnant women who take the antiepileptic drug Topamax are 20 times as likely to have their babies develop cleft lip and cleft palate as they would otherwise be, says Reuters.
Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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But this month FDA issued a warning that pregnant women who take the antiepileptic drug Topamax are 20 times as likely to have their babies develop cleft lip and cleft palate as they would otherwise be, says Reuters.
Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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In 2008, the FDA warned that patients on all antiepileptic drugs should be "monitored for the emergence or worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts or behavior, or any unusual changes in mood or behavior," and warnings on drug labels were soon required.
Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Availability of investigational antiepileptic medications.
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Mild antiepileptic drugs, even if they do alter development, will still cause this child to thrive far more than if the kid went untreated.
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In 2008, the FDA warned that patients on all antiepileptic drugs should be "monitored for the emergence or worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts or behavior, or any unusual changes in mood or behavior," and warnings on drug labels were soon required.
Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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That compared to a rate of 0.38% to 0.55% in infants exposed to other antiepileptic drugs.
FDA Strengthens Topamax Warning Thomas Gryta 2011
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Mild antiepileptic drugs, even if they do alter development, will still cause this child to thrive far more than if the kid went untreated.
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The diuretics were contaminated with bacteria; the antiepileptic drugs were contaminated with fungi, and one patient died because of taking those drugs; the antihypertensive drugs and the antidiabetic drugs were mixed.
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A recent FDA Information for Healthcare Professionals sheet 12/12/2007, described an increased risk of SJS/TEN with another antiepileptic drug, carbamazepine, in Asian ancestry patients with the HLA-B*1502 allele.
Caution for Asians on epilepsy drug GreenFertility 2009
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