Manufactured by May & Baker and Sanofi-Winthrop
Uses: Tonic-clonic, Partial seizures
Common side effects: Tiredness, sedation and hyperactivity
Remarks: Can impair mental and physical abilities
FURTHER READING
1. COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF CARBAMAZEPINE AND PHENOBARBITAL: EFFECT ON ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY AND NEUROTOXICITY - B.F.D Bourgeois et al., Epilepsia., 29:482-487 1988
2. PHENOBARBITAL DOES NOT ALTER PHENYTOIN STEADY-STATE SERUM CONCENTRATION OR PHARMACOKINETICS - T.R Browne et al., Neurology, 38:639-642 1988
3. COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF LONG TERM TREATMENT WITH PHENOBARBITAL AND VALPROIC ACID IN SCHOOL CHILDREN - E.P Calandre et al., Eur. Neurol., 81:504-506 1990
4.. VERY HIGH DOSE PHENOBARBITAL FOR REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN CHILDREN - T.O Crawford et al., Neurology, 38:1035-1040 1988
5. ONCE DAILY DOSING WITH PHENOBARBITAL IN CHILDREN WITH SEIZURE DISORDERS - A.G Davies et al., Pediatrics, 68:824-826 1981
6. PHENOBARBITAL TREATMENT AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY - DA Brent et al., Pediatrics 1987 80: 909-917
7. INFLUENCE OF PHENOBARBITAL ON THE PSYCHO-MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOUR IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH CONVULSIONS - B. Hellstrom et al., Neuropadiatrie., 2:151-160 1980
8. CLINICAL SIDE EFFECTS OF PHENOBARBITAL, PRIMIDONE, PHENYTOIN, CARBAMAZEPINE, AND VALPROATE DURING MONOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN - J.L Herrnaz et al., Epilepsia, 29:794-804 1988
9. COMPARISON BETWEEN CARBAMAZEPINE, PHENOBARBITAL, PHENYTOIN AND PRIMIDONE IN PARTIAL AND SECONDARILY GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE - R.H Mattson et al., New Eng. J. Med., 313:145-151 1985
10. MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS: SELECTIVE EFFECTS OF PHENOBARBITAL CONCENTRATION - C.M McLeod et al., Science., 202:1102-1104 1978
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