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Table of Contents
ANTICONVULSANTS BY SEIZURE TYPE
| SEIZURE TYPE |
DRUGS OF CHOICE |
ALTERNATIVES |
| Primary generalized tonic-clonic
(grand mal) |
Divalproex
Carbamazepine
Phenytoin
|
Lamotrigine
Clobazam
Topiramate
|
| Partial, including secondarily
generalized |
Carbamazepine
Phenytoin
|
Clobazam
Lamotrigine
(as adjunct)
Vigabatrin
(as adjunct)
Gabapentin
(as adjunct)
Topiramate
(as adjunct)
|
| Absence (petit mal) |
Divalproex
Ethosuximide
|
Clobazam
Lamotrigine
Topiramate
|
| Myoclonic, atonic |
Divalproex
|
Clobazam
Lamotrigine
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Reviewed
by Dr. M. Jones, Neurology
January,
2001
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