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Definition of Anticonvulsants
1. anticonvulsant [n] - See also: anticonvulsant
Medical Definition of Anticonvulsants
1. Drugs used to prevent seizures or reduce their severity. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticonvulsants
Literary usage of Anticonvulsants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Arthur Albert Stevens (1903)
"anticonvulsants. Certain drugs have the power of controlling cerebral convulsions
by directly diminishing the excitability of the motor area in the cortex ..."
2. Depression in Primary Care: Detection and Diagnosi by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"anticonvulsants Numerous investigators have evaluated the depressant effects of
phénobarbital and carbamazepine. Many, however, do not define depression in ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Those drugs which are likely to control the appropriate types of seizures when
given alone are primary anticonvulsants and are so indicated on table 12-1. ..."
4. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"anticonvulsants anticonvulsants have a role in the management of bipolar ...
For the treatment of bipolar disorder, the anticonvulsants are most often used ..."
5. Medical Marijuana Referenda Movement in America: Hearing Before the edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"In one controlled study, cannabidiol in addition to prescribed anticonvulsants
produced improvement in seven patients with grand mal convulsions; ..."
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