English to Shona Meaning of anticonvulsant - anticonvulsant

Anticonvulsant :

anticonvulsant

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Definitions of anticonvulsant in English

Noun(1) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy

Examples of anticonvulsant in English

(1) Mega-doses of folic acid can produce convulsions, interfere with the anticonvulsant medication used by epileptics, and disrupt zinc absorption.(2) Although nearly half the kids received lithium or an anticonvulsant drug to quell manic symptoms, their bipolar condition subsided no more often than that of their unmedicated peers.(3) Patients with non-epileptic seizures are often prescribed anticonvulsant drugs because of misdiagnosis of epilepsy, and many have been taking these drugs for some time.(4) Its safety and efficacy as an anticonvulsant drug given intramuscularly have been shown in several studies in animals and humans (adults and children).(5) For decades children were given long term anticonvulsant drugs to prevent the recurrence of febrile seizures.(6) Her eyesight was impaired by glaucoma and she was on anticonvulsant drugs.(7) Phenobarbital is an anticonvulsant drug that has been used since 1912 and it is still one of the better drugs for this purpose.(8) Children of mothers with epilepsy have a 4 to 8 percent risk of congenital anomalies, which may be caused by anticonvulsant medication or may be related to an increased genetic risk.(9) Side-effects of anticonvulsant drugs are usually not serious and are reversible once the dose is reduced or the drug is discontinued.(10) If a seizure were building, the external chip would signal the implanted chip to administer anticonvulsant medication or an electrical shock.(11) The patient tolerated the procedure well and was treated postoperatively with antibiotics, steroids, and anticonvulsant medication.(12) Phenytoin was introduced in 1938 and is still the most widely used anticonvulsant drug, probably because of its nonsedative properties.(13) In contrast, only 5 of the children with seizure disorders in the control group regularly took anticonvulsant medication.(14) Patients should be warned of possible side effects of this anticonvulsant medication (eg, nausea, vomiting, headache, diplopia, constipation, confusion, ataxia).(15) If satisfactory control is not established within the first three to six months, another anticonvulsant drug should be added, with the eventual goal of eliminating the first agent and achieving monotherapy.(16) Changing the dosage of an anticonvulsant drug solely on the basis of a serum drug level is ‘like driving a car looking at the speedometer and not out the window.’

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1. antiepileptic ::

antiepileptic

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