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A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
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anticonvulsant
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a. (context pharmacology English) Acting as an anticonvulsant. n. (context pharmacology English) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
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n. a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) [syn: anticonvulsant drug , antiepileptic , antiepileptic drug ]
Wikipedia
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Anticonvulsants (also commonly known as antiepileptic drugs or as antiseizure drugs ) are a diverse group of pharmacological agents used in the treatment of epileptic seizures . Anticonvulsants are also increasingly being used in the treatment of bipolar ...
Usage examples of anticonvulsant.
He then attempted to insert an intravenous line in one of her antecubital veins, in front of the elbow, in order to administer an anticonvulsant drug.
I'll have to keep him on the intravenous fluids, antibiotics and there'll be regular anticonvulsants and sedatives if he begins to have seizures.
All of the patients were given anticonvulsants and the experimental antismallpox drug cidofovir, but the treatments had no effect.
He’d turned himself into a walking canvas, drifting from squat to squat, numbed his pain with dope and anticonvulsants and anger and art.
They prescribed anticonvulsants with mixed results, admitted him for short-term care several times, but I was never on duty during those periods.
Luckily, he had the sense to admit that he had skipped drinking the anticonvulsant drug the day before.