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Antiepileptic drugs
Phenobarbital (Sominaletta ) :
Oral dose 3-5 mg/kg/day
Side effects : decreased cognitive functions
Phenytoin (Epanutin ) :
Oral dose 3-8 mg/kg/day
Side effects: gum hypertrophy , hirsutism .
Ethosuximide ( Zarotin & Ethoxa ):
used in petit mal epilepsy :
Oral dose 20 mg/kg/day
Side effects: nausea, headache.
Clonazepam ( Rivotril ) :
effective in myoclonic epilepsy
Oral dose 0.05-0.2 mg/kg/day
Carbamazipine ( tegretol ) :
used in grand mal epilepsy , partial epilepsy
Oral dose 10- 20 mg/kg/day
Valproic acid (Depakine): used in grand mal epilepsy, petit mal epilepsy and
myoclonic epilepsy.
Oral dose 10-60 mg/kg/day
Side effects : Hepatotoxicity ( do liver function tests every three months) ,
alopecia
