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A toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective
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mephenytoin
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n. a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective [syn: Mesantoin ]
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n. A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
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Mephenytoin (marketed as Mesantoin by Novartis) is a hydantoin , used as an anticonvulsant . It was introduced approximately 10 years after phenytoin , in the late 1940s. The significant metabolite of mephenytoin is nirvanol (5-ethyl-5-phenylhydantoin), ...