An anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy and trigeminal neuralgia.
Side effects include nausea, dizziness, tremor, and overgrown and tender gums.
n. an *anticonvulsant drug used to control tonic–clonic and partial epileptic seizures and status epilepticus. Side-effects include nausea and vomiting, confusion, dizziness, headache, tremor, insomnia, and (more rarely) gum hypertrophy, hirsutism, and skin rashes. Overdosage causes unsteadiness and slurred speech.
An older drug for the treatment of EPILEPSY. It is not now widely used, as it is di?cult to determine the precise dose to avoid ill-effects and long-term use leads to changes to the facial appearance. However, the drug is still used for the quick control of an apparently uncontrollable epileptic ?t, and after head injury or neurosurgery.... phenytoin sodium
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