antiepileptic
Americanadjective
noun
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Children are currently treated with generic antiepileptic drugs, as there aren't yet any disease-targeting medications for this disorder.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
For example, Hong Kong introduced a policy to screen for the HLA-B*1502 allele before prescribing antiepileptic drugs because patients with the allele are at high risk of developing severe skin reactions to the drug carbamazepine.
From Nature ● Oct. 13, 2015
The acne treatment Retin A, for instance, and antiepileptic drugs.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2014
More than half of patients can achieve seizure control with treatment, yet almost a third of people with epilepsy have a refractory form of the disease that does not respond well to existing antiepileptic drugs.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 3, 2012
Remarkably, and for reasons that are still unclear, this process — called ketosis — has an antiepileptic effect.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
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