A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.
Anticonvulsants are drugs that prevent or reduce the severity and frequency of seizures in various types of epilepsy. The different types of anticonvulsants may act on different receptors in the brain and have different modes of action.
Two mechanisms that appear to be important in anticonvulsants are enhancement of GABA action and inhibition of sodium channel activity. Other mechanisms are inhibition of calcium channels and glutamate receptors.
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Medical conditions associated with dibenzazepine anticonvulsants:
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Diabetic Nerve Damage
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Seizures
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vulvodynia
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