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• n  a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

• Depakote, an anticonvulsant developed to calm the storms of epilepsy, was found to have a similarly soothing effect on bipolar cycling, and it was approved in 1995 to treat that .
• Of 148 epileptic children who had been taking anticonvulsant preparations for at least four years, only 24% suffered new attacks after the end of drug use.
• Bipolar disorder was diagnosed, and now she takes an anticonvulsant drug to keep symptoms in check.

• anticonvulsant drug
• antiepileptic
• antiepileptic drug

News & Articles

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• $11 Million Awarded in Topomax Birth Defect Case
  An $11 million verdict has been awarded to the parents of a child born with congenital defects due to an anticonvulsant drug his mother took during pregnancy.
  Nov. 28, 2013 - Law.com