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PHENYTOIN (Pro-Epanutin)

Manufactured by Parke-Davis

Uses: Tonic-clonic, Status

Common side effects: Rash, sensory disturbances

Remarks: Ineffective in controlling absences

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Phenytoin Tablets (pdf)

FURTHER READING

1. PHENYTOIN IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD - Albani M, In: Advances in Neurology, Vol 34, edited by A.V Delgado-Escueta et al., 1983

2. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF PHENYTOIN AND CARBAMAZEPINE IN NEW REFERRALS WITH EPILEPSY - D.G Andrewes et al., Epilepsia., 27:128-134, 1986

3. THE INFLUENCE OF CARBAMAZEPINE AND PHENYTOIN ON MEMORY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN NEW REFERRALS WITH EPILEPSY - D.G Andrewes et al., Acta Neurol. Scand., 69:(suppl.99):23-30, 1984

4. BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS OF PHENOBARBITONE AND PHENYTOIN IN SMALL CHILDREN - C.J Bacon et al., Arch.Dis.Childh., 56:836-840, 1981

5. PHENYTOIN WITHDRAWL AND SEIZURE FREQUENCY - E.M Bromfield et al., Neurology, 39:905-909 1989

6. INTERACTION BETWEEN VIGABATRIN AND PHENYTOIN E.H Rimmer et al., Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 27:27-33S 1989

7. PHARMACOKINETICS OF GABAPENTIN IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH PHENYTOIN - N.M Graves et al., Pharmacotherapy, 9:196 1989

8. PHENOBARBITAL DOES NOT ALTER PHENYTOIN STEADY-STATE SERUM CONCENTRATION OR PHARMACOKINETICS - T.R Browne et al., Neurology, 38:639-642 1988

9. HIGH-DOSE PHENYTOIN IN THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY EPILEPSY - J.E Cobos., Epilepsia, 28:111-114 1987

10. INTRAVENOUS PNENYTOIN IN ACUTE TREATMENT OF SEIZURES - R.E Cranford et al., Neurology, 29:1474-1479 1979

11. DISCONTINUATION OF PHENYTOIN, CARBAMAZEPINE AND VALPROATE IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE EPILEPSY - J.S Duncan et al., Epilepsia, 31:324-333 1990

12. DO CARBAMAZEPINE AND PHENYTOIN AGGRAVATE JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY? - P. Genton et al., Neurology 2000 55: 1106-1109

13. COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN NEW CASES OF EPILEPSY RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO CARBAMAZEPINE, PHENYTOIN AND SODIUM VALPROATE - I. Forsythe et al., Dev. Med. Child Neurol., 33:524-536 1991

14. A COMPARISON OF PHENYTOIN AND PHENETURIDE IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY: a DOUBLE-BLIND CROSS-OVER TRIAL - F.B Gibberd et al., J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry, 45:1113-1118 1982

15. CLINICAL SIDE EFFECTS OF PHENOBARBITAL, PRIMIDONE, PHENYTOIN, CARBAMAZEPINE, AND VALPROATE DURING MONOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN - J.L Herrnaz et al., Epilepsia, 29:794-804 1988

16. BIO-AVAILABILTY AND DISSOLUTION OF THREE PHENYTOIN PREPARATIONS FOR CHILDREN - S. Hodge et al., Dev. Med. Child Neurol., 28:708-712 1986

17. CARBAMAZEPINE VS PHENYTOIN: A CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL IN FOCAL MOTOR AND GENERALIZED EPILEPSY - M. Kosteljanetz et al., Arch. Neurol., 36:22-24 1979

18. TREATMENT OF ACUTE SEIZURES AND STATUS EPILEPTICUS WITH INTRAVENOUS PHENYTOIN - I.E Leppick et al., In: Advances in Neurology. Vol.34, Status Epilepticus., 447-451 1983

19. PHENYTOIN-INDUCED SEIZURES: A PARADOXICAL EFFECT OF TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS - I. Osorio et al., Epilepsia., 30:230-234 1989

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